Experimental measurement and numerical computation of the air side convective heat transfer coefficients in a plate fin-tube heat exchanger

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 536-543

  Paeng, Jin Gi ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^a   Yoon, Young Hwan ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air side convective heat transfer; Average Nusselt number; Plate fine tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; HEAT CONVECTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; STAGGERED ARRANGEMENT; STANDARD K EPSILONS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; AIR SIDES; AVERAGE NUSSELT NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIN PITCH; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; NUMERICAL DATA; PLATE FINE-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; PLATE FINS; RELATIVE ERRORS; TURBULENT MODELS;

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 70349694490     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-008-1013-5     Document Type: Article

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