A comparative study on the air-side performance of wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger with punched delta winglets in staggered and in-line arrangements

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1765-1776

  Tian, Liting ^a   He, Yaling ^a   Tao, Yubing ^a   Tao, Wenquan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delta winglet; In line; Longitudinal vortices; Staggered; Wavy fin and tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

DELTA WINGLET; IN-LINE; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; STAGGERED; WAVY FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER;

AIR; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WAKES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 67650078263     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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