Study on heat transfer and pressure drop performances of ribbed channel in the high temperature heat exchanger

Applied Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 393-401

  Ma, Ting ^a,b   Wang, Qiu wang ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Chen, Yi tung ^b   Liu, Yang ^b   Nagarajan, Vijaisri ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; High temperature heat exchanger; Physical property; Pressure drop; Ribbed channel

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

BASIC STRUCTURE; CHANNEL HEIGHT; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; FLOW DISTURBANCES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER STRUCTURES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT EXCHANGERS; INLET TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE REGIONS; RIBBED CHANNELS; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

PRESSURE DROP;

FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY;

EID: 84864816787     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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