Flow and heat transfer characteristics of cooling air outside the flat wave-finned tube banks of air-cooled condensers

Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 24-28

  Zhang, Kai Feng ^a   Yang, Li Jun ^a   Du, Xiao Ze ^a   Yang, Yong Ping ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air cooled condenser; CFD simulation; Convection heat transfer coefficient; Friction coefficient; Performance evaluation certification; Windward air velocity

Indexed keywords

CONDENSER TUBES; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; POWER PLANTS; STEAM CONDENSERS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY;

AIR-COOLED CONDENSER; CFD SIMULATION; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CERTIFICATION; WINDWARD AIR VELOCITY;

AIR;

EID: 53649095637     PISSN: 02588013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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