Numerical modeling and experimental validation of heat transfer and flow resistance on the shell side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with flower baffles

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7561-7569

  You, Yonghua ^a   Fan, Aiwu ^a   Huang, Suyi ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Flow resistance; Flower baffle; Numerical modeling; Shell and tube heat exchanger; Thermal augmentation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLOWER BAFFLE; SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; THERMAL AUGMENTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84867503580     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.058     Document Type: Article

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