Air-side heat-transfer enhancement by a new winglet-type vortex generator array in a plain-fin round-tube heat exchanger

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-9

  He, J ^a   Liu, L ^a   Jacobi, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

"V" formation; Fin and tube; Heat exchanger; Vortex generator; Winglet array

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; ATTACK ANGLE; BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DELTA-WINGLET PAIRS; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PAIR DESIGN; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRESSURE LOSS; RANGE-BASED; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; VORTEX GENERATORS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

ANIMALS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TESTING; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77955297400     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000988     Document Type: Article

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