Experimental study of forced and free convective heat transfer in the thermal entry region of horizontal concentric annuli

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 739-747

  Mohammed, H A ^a   Campo, Antonio ^b   Saidur, R ^c  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Forced free convection; Horizontal annulus; Thermal entry length problem

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISTANCE; COMBINED CONVECTION; CONCENTRIC ANNULI; CONSTANT WALL HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENTRY LENGTH; ENTRY REGION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE CONVECTIONS; HEATED LENGTHS; HORIZONTAL ANNULUS; INNER TUBES; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LOCAL NUSSELT NUMBER; LONG TUBES; RADIUS RATIO; RE NUMBERS; SHORT TUBE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL ENTRANCE;

FORCED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STAINLESS STEEL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77955268114     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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