Experimental investigation of mixed convection heat transfer from longitudinal fins in a horizontal rectangular channel: In natural convection dominated flow regimes

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2513-2521

  Dogan, M ^a   Sivrioglu, M ^b  

^a BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Channel; Fin height; Fin spacing; Fins; Heat transfer; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTION-DOMINATED; CONVECTION-DOMINATED FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIN ARRAYS; FIN HEIGHT; FIN SPACING; FINS; FLOW RATE CONTROL; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; HORIZONTAL RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LONGITUDINAL FIN; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; MODIFIED RAYLEIGH; OPTIMUM FIN SPACING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 67651207486     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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