Heat transfer enhancement in an air to water heat exchanger with discontinuous helical turbulators; experimental and numerical studies

Energy

Volumn 116, Issue , 2016, Pages 341-352

  Sheikholeslami, M ^a   Ganji, D D ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Helical fin; Hydrothermal analysis; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; RAYON FABRICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER TREATMENT;

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HELICAL FIN; HYDROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; OPEN AREA RATIO; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84991493927     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.09.120     Document Type: Article

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