Heat transfer enhancement in double-pipe heat exchanger by means of rotor-assembled strands

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-33

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Ding, Yumei ^a   Guan, Changfeng ^a   Yan, Hua ^a   Yang, Weimin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical correlation; Heat transfer enhancement; Rotor assembled strand; Thermal performance factor

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DOUBLE-PIPE HEAT EXCHANGERS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS; FRICTION FACTORS; FRICTION LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HELICAL BLADES; LINEAR NORMALS; PLAIN TUBES; REDUCTION METHOD; REGRESSION METHOD; ROTOR DIAMETER; ROTOR-ASSEMBLED STRAND; SMOOTH TUBES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMO-HYDRAULIC;

DATA REDUCTION; FRICTION; LADDERS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

EID: 84865172969     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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