Thermodynamic optimization of a coiled tube heat exchanger under constant wall heat flux condition

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1122-1126

  Satapathy, Ashok K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coiled tube heat exchanger; Entropy generation rate; Optimization

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COILED TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; COILED TUBES; CONSTANT WALL HEAT FLUX; DEAN NUMBER; DIAMETER RATIO; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; OPTIMUM DIAMETERS; OPTIMUM VALUE; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC IRREVERSIBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; TUBE DIAMETERS;

ENTROPY;

ENTROPY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 68349133646     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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