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Heat transfer surface enhancement through the use of longitudinal vortices: a review of recent progress

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A review of vortex-induced heat transfer enhancement can be found in this article, where the theoretical basis for the method is discussed and both active and passive implementations are reviewed, and the aim of this survey is to critically review recent progress and to identify research needs in the area of vortexinduced heat exchanger enhancement.
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This article is published in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science.The article was published on 1995-10-01. It has received 435 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer enhancement & Heat transfer.

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Heat transfer enhancement in a tube using delta-winglet twisted tape inserts

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of the oblique delta-winglet twisted tape (O-DWT) arrangement on thermal performance was investigated in a uniform wall heat flux tube.
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Heat transfer enhancement accompanying pressure-loss reduction with winglet-type vortex generators for fin-tube heat exchangers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the delta winglet-type vortex generators are placed with a heretofore-unused orientation for the purpose of augmenting heat transfer in fin-tube heat exchanger.
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Compact heat exchangers: A review and future applications for a new generation of high temperature solar receivers

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the performance of compact heat exchangers (CHEs) is presented, including well-established devices, some relative newcomers to the market and also designs still being tested in the laboratory.
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Heat Transfer Enhancement—The Encouragement and Accommodation of High Heat Fluxes

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the many techniques that have been developed to enhance convective heat transfer is presented, including compound techniques, pool boiling, convective boiling/evaporation, vapor-space condensation, and convective condensation.
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Heat transfer enhancement by winglet-type vortex generator arrays in compact plain-fin-and-tube heat exchangers

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of winglet type vortex generator arrays for air-side heat transfer enhancement is experimentally evaluated by full-scale wind-tunnel testing of a compact plain-fin-and-tube heat exchanger.
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Compact heat exchangers

TL;DR: The third edition of the second edition as discussed by the authors was published in 1964 and contains basic test data for eleven new surface configurations, including some of the very compact ceramic matrices, in both the English and the Systeme International (SI) system of units.
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Principles of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Ralph L. Webb
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated two-phase heat exchangers for single-phase flows and showed that they can achieve state-of-the-art performance in terms of heat transfer.
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Performance evaluation criteria for use of enhanced heat transfer surfaces in heat exchanger design

TL;DR: In this paper, a broad range of Performance Evaluation Criteria (PEC) applicable to single-phase flow in tubes is presented and detailed procedures are outlined to calculate the performance improvement and to select the optimal surface geometry.
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The growth and breakdown of streamwise vortices in the presence of a wall

TL;DR: In this paper, the growth and breakdown of counter-rotating streamwise vortices, generated on a concave wall via the Goertler instability mechanism, were experimentally studied as a model for comparable eddy structures that exist in transitional and turbulent flat-plate boundary layers.
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