Heat transfer augmentation by swirl generators inserted into a tube with constant heat flux

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 865-871

  Kurtbaş, Irfan ^a   Gülçimen, Fevzi ^b   Akbulut, Abdullah ^c   Buran, Dinçer ^c  

^a HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TUNCELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decaying flow; Pipe flow; Swirl generator; Turbulator

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR HOLES; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DECAYING FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; RADIAL DIRECTION; SWIRL GENERATOR; SWIRL GENERATORS; TURBULATOR;

NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 68249109932     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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