Numerical analysis on longitudinal location optimization of vortex generator in compact heat exchangers

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-713

  Gorji, M ^a   Mirgolbabaei, H ^b   Barari, A ^c   Domairry, G ^a   Nadim, N ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compact heat exchanger; Numerical investigation; Thermal optimization; Turbulence modeling; Vortex generator (VG)

Indexed keywords

COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION; THERMAL OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENCE MODELING; VORTEX GENERATOR (VG);

HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79953806413     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2278     Document Type: Article

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