Modeling cooling tower fouling in helical-rib tubes based on Von-Karman analogy

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 2715-2721

  Li, Wei ^a   Li, Guanqiu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling tower fouling; Enhanced tubes; Mass transfer coefficient; Secondary flow; Turbulent flow; Von Karman analogy

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; COPPER TUBES; ENHANCED TUBES; FOULING POTENTIAL; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HELIX ANGLES; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; VON-KARMAN ANALOGY; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; SECONDARY FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77949916833     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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