Investigation on forced convective heat transfer of molten salts in circular tubes

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1550-1555

  Wu, Yu Ting ^a   Chen, Cong ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Ma, Chong Fang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlations; Forced convection; Heat transfer coefficient; Least squares method; Molten salt

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONS; FORCED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MOLTEN SALT; WORKING FLUID;

FORCED CONVECTION; FUSED SALTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 84869177257     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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