Numerical investigation of turbulent flow, heat transfer and entropy generation in a helical coiled tube with larger curvature ratio

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-578

  Wu, Shuang Ying ^a   Chen, Su Jun ^a   Li, You Rong ^a   Li, Long Jian ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AVERAGE FRICTION FACTORS; COIL PITCHES; COILED TUBES; CURVATURE RATIOS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; ENTROPY GENERATIONS; FINITE VOLUMES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOWS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; REYNOLDS; TURBULENT FORCED CONVECTIONS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 59449101781     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-008-0458-5     Document Type: Article

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