Effect of geometrical parameters on flow and heat transfer performances in multi-stream spiral-wound heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 1104-1116

  Lu, Xing ^a   Zhang, Gaopeng ^b   Chen, Yi tung ^c   Wang, Qiuwang ^a   Zeng, Min ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow and heat transfer; Geometric parameter; Multi stream; Multivariate correlation; Numerical simulation; Spiral wound heat exchanger; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TAGUCHI METHODS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; MULTI-STREAM; MULTIVARIATE CORRELATION; SPIRAL WOUND;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84932185656     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.04.084     Document Type: Article

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