Heat transfer enhancement by twisted tapes with alternate-axes and triangular, rectangular and trapezoidal wings

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Wongcharee, Khwanchit ^a   Eiamsa ard, Smith ^a  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Alternate axis; Friction factor; Heat transfer enhancement; Rectangular wing; Swirl flow; Trapezoidal wing; Triangular wing; Twisted tape

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE AXIS; FRICTION FACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; RECTANGULAR WINGS; SWIRL FLOW; TRAPEZOIDAL WING; TRIANGULAR WING; TWISTED TAPES;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 79951680256     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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