Review heat exchanger: Research development of self-rotating inserts in heat exchanger tubes

International Journal of Engineering, Transactions A: Basics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1503-1510

  Cancan, Z ^a   Yafei, L ^a   Li, W ^a   Ke, X ^a   Jinxing, W ^a  

^a Zheng Zhou University   (China)

Author keywords

Anti scaling and descaling; Self rotating, heat transfer enhancement; TubeInserts

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; METAL CLEANING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ANTI-SCALING; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT; TUBEINSERTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84907820498     PISSN: 17281431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.ije.2014.27.10a.03     Document Type: Article

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