Numerical investigation of laminar heat transfer in a square channel with 45° inclined baffles

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-177

  Promvonge, P ^a   Sripattanapipat, S ^b   Tamna, S ^a   Kwankaomeng, S ^a   Thianpong, C ^a  

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

^b MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Inclined baffle; Laminar flow; Periodic flow; Square channel

Indexed keywords

ATTACK ANGLE; AXIAL PITCH; BLOCKAGE RATIO; CHANNEL HEIGHT; CHANNEL WALL; CHAOTIC MIXING; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FLOW BLOCKAGE; FLUID FLOW; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; IMPINGEMENT JET; LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER; LONGITUDINAL VORTEX PAIR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERIODIC FLOW; PRESSURE LOSS; SIDE WALLS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; SQUARE CHANNEL; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT; WALL REGION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 72449198190     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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