Influence of spiky twisted tape insert on thermal fluid performances of tubular air-water bubbly flow

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2341-2354

  Chang, Shyy Woei ^a   Lees, Arthur William ^b   Chang, Hsien Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air water tubular bubbly flow; Mean Nusselt number; Pressure drop; Spiky twisted tap insert

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; AIR-TO-WATER; AIR-WATER; AIR-WATER FLOW; AIR-WATER TUBULAR BUBBLY FLOW; AIR-WATER TWO-PHASE FLOW; BUBBLY FLOW; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMALS; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENHANCED TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW REGIONS; FLUID PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER PROPERTIES; HIGH-SPEED; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; MEAN NUSSELT NUMBER; PLAIN TUBES; SINGLE-PHASE CONDITIONS; SPIKY TWISTED TAP INSERT; SUPERFICIAL LIQUID; SWIRL TUBES; THERMAL FLUIDS; TWISTED TAPE INSERT; TWISTED TAPES;

CENTRIFUGATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

AIR;

EID: 70349976175     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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