Airside performance of herringbone wavy fin-and-tube heat exchangers - Data with larger diameter tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 1024-1029

  Wang, Chi Chuan ^a   Liaw, Jane Sunn ^b   Yang, Bing Chwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fin and tube heat exchanger; Larger diameter; Wavy fin

Indexed keywords

AIR SIDE PERFORMANCE; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; FIN PITCH; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HERRINGBONE WAVY FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; LARGER DIAMETER; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAVY FIN;

DROPS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 78650598030     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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