Numerical study of flow and heat transfer enhancement by using delta winglets in a triangular wavy fin-and-tube heat exchanger

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Tian, Liting ^a   He, Yaling ^a   Chu, Pan ^a   Tao, Wenquan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhanced heat transfer; Vortex generator; Wavy fin and tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

ATTACK ANGLE; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW DIRECTION; FRICTION FACTORS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MINIMUM VALUE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; SHORT DISTANCES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TUBE ROW NUMBERS; VORTEX GENERATORS; WAKE REGION; WAVY FIN;

AIR; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77955253233     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3139106     Document Type: Article

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