Pressure drop and heat transfer augmentation due to coiled wire inserts during laminar flow of oil inside a horizontal tube

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-379

  Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^b   Salimpour, M R ^c   Azimi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coiled wire insert; Enhancement; Fanning friction factor; Heat transfer; Turbulence promoter

Indexed keywords

COPPER TUBES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENGINE OIL; ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FANNING FRICTION FACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HORIZONTAL TUBES; PLAIN TUBES; SATURATED STEAM; TURBULENCE PROMOTERS; WIRE DIAMETER; WIRE GEOMETRIES;

FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; LAMINAR FLOW; LUBRICATING OILS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE;

WIRE;

EID: 71649085834     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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