Enhancement of heat transfer in turbulent flowthrough a tube with a perforated twisted tape insert

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Wazed, M A ^a   Ahamed, J U ^b   Ahmed, S ^a   Sarkar, M A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Nusselt number; Turbulent flow; Twisted tape

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; CIRCULAR TUBES; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOWTHROUGH; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; PLAIN TUBES; PUMPING POWER; TUBE WALL TEMPERATURE; TWISTED TAPE INSERT; TWISTED TAPES;

FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79955683494     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v18.i1.10     Document Type: Article

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