A heat transfer correlation for natural draft wire-and-tube condensers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-555

  Melo, Cláudio ^a   Hermes, Christian J L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air condenser; Correlation; Experiment; Heat radiation; Heat transfer; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; RANGE FINDING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WIRE;

ADJACENT SURFACES; AMBIENT AIRS; AVERAGE TEMPERATURES; CORRELATION; DIMENSIONLESS CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXTERNAL SURFACES; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER DATUM; NATURAL DRAFTS; NUMBER OF TUBE ROWS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OUTER DIAMETERS; TEST SECTIONS; TESTING APPARATUS; TUBE CONDENSERS;

CONDENSER TUBES;

EID: 61449096637     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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