Comparisons of performances of a flat tube bank fin model mounted vortex generators and the real heat exchanger

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-215

  Wang, L B ^a   Yang, L F ^a   Lin, Z M ^a   Dong, Y X ^a   Liu, S ^a   Zhang, Y H ^a  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer analogy; Heat exchanger; Naphthalene sublimation; Vortex generator

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAT TUBE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ANALOGY; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MIXED THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MODEL RESULTS; NAPHTHALENE SUBLIMATION; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; VORTEX GENERATOR; VORTEX GENERATORS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUBLIMATION; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; VORTEX FLOW;

NAPHTHALENE;

EID: 70449592013     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916150902950103     Document Type: Article

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