Effect of gap position in broken V-rib roughness combined with staggered rib on thermohydraulic performance of solar air heater

Green

Volumn 1, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 329-338

  Patil, Anil K ^a   Saini, J S ^a   Kumar, K ^a  

^a DIT   (India)

Author keywords

Broken V rib; Friction factor; Nusselt number; Reynolds number; Staggered rib; Thermohydraulic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884256186     PISSN: 1869876X     EISSN: 18698778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/GREEN.2011.031     Document Type: Article

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