Effects of baffle inclination angle on flow and heat transfer of a heat exchanger with helical baffles

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2336-2345

  Lei, Yong Gang ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Gao, Ya Fu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Helical baffle; Inclination angle; Optimization; Pressure drop; Three dimensional computation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR WATER HEATERS; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HELICAL BAFFLE; INCLINATION ANGLE; OPTIMIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 53549105265     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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