Thermal characteristics in a heat exchanger tube fitted with triple twisted tape inserts

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-132

  Bhuiya, M M K ^a,b   Chowdhury, M S U ^c   Shahabuddin, M ^d   Saha, M ^d   Memon, L A ^e  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Nusselt number; Thermal enhancement efficiency; Triple twisted tape insert

Indexed keywords

FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL ENHANCEMENT; TWISTED TAPE INSERT; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX;

CARBON STEEL; EFFICIENCY; HEAT FLUX; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84885946008     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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