Heat Transfer Enhancement of Laminar Flow Through a Circular Tube Having Wire Coil Inserts and Fitted With Center-Cleared Twisted Tape

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Saha, Sujoy Kumar ^a   Barman, Bikash Kumar ^a   Banerjee, Soumitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat transfer enhancement; Laminar flow; Swirl flow; Twisted tapes; Wire coil inserts

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DUCTS; CIRCULAR TUBES; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; SWIRL FLOW; THERMOHYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; TWISTED TAPES; WIRE COIL INSERTS;

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER;

WIRE;

EID: 84863742221     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006289     Document Type: Article

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