Pressure drop and convective heat transfer of water and nanofluids in a double-pipe helical heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 266-274

  Wu, Zan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Sundén, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Helically coiled tube; Nanofluid; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; FIGURE OF MERITS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HELICAL HEAT EXCHANGER; HELICALLY COILED TUBES; NANOFLUIDS;

ALUMINA; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84880955144     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.06.051     Document Type: Article

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