Heat transfer enhancement by using a rectangular wing vortex generator on the triangular shaped fins of a plate-fin heat exchanger

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-165

  Sachdeva, Gulshan ^a   Kasana, K S ^a   Vasudevan, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Longitudinal vortex generator; MAC algorithm; Plate fin heat exchanger; Staggered grid

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL VORTEX GENERATORS; MAC ALGORITHMS; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; STAGGERED GRID;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ASPECT RATIO; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77955580253     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.20285     Document Type: Article

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