Experimental study on heat transfer enhancement of wavy finned flat tube with longitudinal vortex generators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Du, Xiaoze ^a   Feng, Lili ^a   Yang, Yongping ^a   Yang, Lijun ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Longitudinal vortex generators; Wavy finned flat tube

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR-COOLED CONDENSERS; AVERAGE FRICTION FACTORS; DELTA-WINGLET PAIRS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAT TUBE; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH POTENTIAL; LONGITUDINAL VORTEX GENERATORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA; WAVY FIN;

EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84866486948     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.05.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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