Experimental investigation of twisted tape inserts performance on condensation heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1376-1387

  Hejazi, V ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Afshari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Condensation; Heat transfer; Performance; Pressure drop; R 134a; Twisted tape

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; COOLING WATER FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HFC-134A; HORIZONTAL TUBES; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MINIMUM PRESSURE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING; PLAIN TUBES; PRESSURE DROP ESTIMATION; R-134A; REFRIGERANT FLOW; SMOOTH TUBES; SWIRL FLOW; TEST SECTIONS; TWISTED TAPE INSERT; TWISTED TAPES;

CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TRANSDUCERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 77957829515     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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