Simulation of falling film flow and heat transfer at shell-side of coil-wound heat exchanger

Huagong Xuebao/CIESC Journal

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-49

  Li, Jianrui ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Pu, Hui ^b   Li, Endao ^b   Ding, Guoliang ^a   Zhuang, Dawei ^a   Hu, Haitao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Coil wound heat exchanger; Falling film; Numerical model; Phase change; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FORECASTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; LIQUEFIED GASES; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES;

EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION; FALLING FILM; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER AND MASS TRANSFERS; LIQUID GAS INTERFACE; MASS TRANSFER MODELING; PHASE CHANGE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 85050578189     PISSN: 04381157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20150841     Document Type: Article

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