Effect of twin delta-winged twisted-tape on thermal performance of heat exchanger tube

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1278-1288

  Eiamsa Ard, Smith ^a   Nuntadusit, Chayut ^b   Promvonge, Pongjet ^c  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; TAPE SURFACES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE FACTORS; TWIST RATIOS; TWISTED TAPES;

DELTA WING AIRCRAFT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84879069788     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2013.793112     Document Type: Article

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