Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal characteristics of a novel concentric type tube heat exchanger with turbulators

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1088-1102

  Şahin, Haci Mehmet ^a   Baysal, Eşref ^b   Dal, Ali Riza ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BATMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CFD; Concentric tube heat exchangers; Friction factor; Heat transfer enhancement; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRIC TUBE; FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84879236669     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.2919     Document Type: Article

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