Analysis of heat transfer and pressure drop for fin-and-tube heat exchangers with rectangular winglet-type vortex generators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 770-783

  He, Ya Ling ^a   Chu, Pan ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^a   Zhang, Yu Wen ^a,b   Xie, Tao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fin and tube heat exchangers; Heat transfer enhancement; Rectangular winglet pairs

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW STRUCTURE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW;

ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; RECTANGULAR WINGLETS; RELATIVELY LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 85027942886     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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