Three-dimensional numerical simulation of thermal-hydraulic performance of a circular tube with edgefold-twisted-tape inserts

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-670

  Cui, Yong Zhang ^a,b   Tian, Mao Cheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Edgefold Twisted Tape (ETT); heat transfer enhancement; Spiral Twisted Tape (STT); thermal hydraulic performance

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CIRCULAR TUBES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTORS; GAP WIDTHS; HEAT ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRESSURE-VELOCITY; RNG TURBULENCE MODEL; SMALL GAPS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TUBE WALL TEMPERATURE; TWIST ANGLES; TWISTED TAPES; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALL TREATMENT;

AIR; COOLING SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRAULICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 78049485885     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(09)60101-3     Document Type: Article

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