Heat transfer enhancement in a tube using delta-winglet twisted tape inserts

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-318

  Eiamsa ard, S ^a   Wongcharee, K ^a   Eiamsa ard, P ^b   Thianpong, C ^b  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Delta winglet twisted tape; Friction factor; Heat transfer enhancement; Swirl flow

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLOW FRICTIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; SWIRL FLOW; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TURBULATORS; TWISTED TAPE INSERT; TWISTED TAPES; UNIFORM WALL HEAT FLUX; WORKING FLUID;

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FRICTION;

EID: 72149087436     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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