Thermohydraulics of laminar flow through a circular tube having integral helical corrugations and fitted with helical screw-tape insert

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-436

  Saha, Sujoy Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Heat transfer enhancement; Helical screw tape insert; Integral helical corrugation; Laminar forced convection; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HELICAL CORRUGATION; HELICAL SCREW-TAPE INSERT; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SCREWS;

EID: 84870944145     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.712579     Document Type: Article

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