Experimental investigation of single phase convective heat transfer coefficient in a corrugated plate heat exchanger for multiple plate configurations

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1058-1065

  Khan, T S ^a   Khan, M S ^a   Chyu, Ming C ^b   Ayub, Z H ^c  

^a GIK INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c ISOTHERM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chevron angle; Heat transfer; Nusselt number; Plate heat exchanger; Single phase

Indexed keywords

CHEVRON ANGLE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CORRUGATED PLATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE AREA; PLATE CONFIGURATION; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TURBULENCE LEVEL;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77949273861     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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