Experimental investigation of mixed convection heat transfer from longitudinal fins in a horizontal rectangular channel

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 2149-2158

  Dogan, M ^a   Sivrioglu, M ^b  

^a BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Channel; Fin height; Fin spacing; Fins; Heat transfer; Mixed convection

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIN ARRAYS; FIN HEIGHT; FIN SPACING; FLOW RATE CONTROL; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; HORIZONTAL RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LONGITUDINAL FIN; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; MODIFIED RAYLEIGH; OPTIMUM FIN SPACING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; EXPERIMENTS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 76749167458     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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