A new configuration of bend tubes for compound optimization of heat and fluid flow

Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 418-424

  Hajmohammadi, M R ^a   Eskandari, H ^a   Saffar Avval, M ^a   Campo, A ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Bend tube; Curved tube; Entropy generation minimization; Heat exchanger; Optimization; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CURVED TUBE; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; EXCESS ENTROPY; EXCESS PRESSURE; OPTIMUM LAYOUT; PROCESS PIPELINES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ENTROPY; FLUID FLOW; HEAT BALANCE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION; PIPELINE; PRESSURE EFFECT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84886639128     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.09.046     Document Type: Article

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