Development of heat transfer coefficient correlation for concentric helical coil heat exchanger

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2300-2308

  Kharat, Rahul ^a   Bhardwaj, Nitin ^a   Jha, R S ^a  

^a Thermax Limited Chinchwad   (India)

Author keywords

CFD model; Heat transfer coefficient correlation; Mathematical model; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CFD MODEL; CFD SIMULATIONS; COIL DIAMETER; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELICAL COIL; NEW CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; TUBE DIAMETERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUE GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OPTIMIZATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70349758285     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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