Effect of lateral fin profiles on turbulent flow and heat transfer performance of internally finned tubes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 3006-3013

  Wang, Qiu Wang ^a   Lin, Mei ^a   Zeng, Min ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blocked core tube; Heat transfer performance; Internally finned tubes; Lateral fin profiles

Indexed keywords

BLOCKED CORE-TUBE; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; CURVATURE RADII; FINNED TUBE; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; IDENTICAL PRESSURES; INNER SURFACES; INTERNALLY FINNED TUBES; LATERAL FIN PROFILES; MASS FLOW RATE; OUTER SURFACE; PUMPING POWER; V-SHAPE; WALL FUNCTION METHOD;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL PANELS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 67651089777     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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