Heat transfer performance evaluation for turbulent flow through a tube with twisted wire brush inserts

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1505-1512

  Bhuiya, M M K ^a,b   Chowdhury, M S U ^b   Islam, M ^b,c   Ahamed, J U ^b   Khan, M J H ^d   Sarker, M R I ^a   Saha, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Nusselt number; Thermal performance factor; Twisted wire brush insert

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; COPPER WIRES; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; PLAIN TUBES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWISTED WIRE;

BRUSHES; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

WIRE;

EID: 84869148965     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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