Experimental study of pre-swirl flow effect on the heat transfer process in the entry region of a convergent pipe

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-81

  Yang, C S ^a   Jeng, D Z ^b   Yang, Yaw Jou ^c   Chen, Hong Rong ^c   Gau, C ^c  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combustor cooling; Heat transfer; Swirling flow effect

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED FLOWS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; COMBUSTOR COOLING; ENTRY REGION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; PRE-SWIRL; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; SWIRL NUMBERS; SWIRLERS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 78049427737     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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