Numerical study on turbulent heat transfer and pressure drop of nanofluid in coiled tube-in-tube heat exchangers

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 304-316

  Aly, Wael I A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Helical tube; Nanofluid; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE HEAT TRANSFERS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HELICAL TUBES; NANOFLUIDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TUBE-IN-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE DROP; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84892693498     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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