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Performance assessment in a heat exchanger tube fitted with double counter twisted tape inserts
M.M.K. Bhuiya,M.M.K. Bhuiya,A.S.M. Sayem,A.S.M. Sayem,Mohammed Nazrul Islam,M.S.U. Chowdhury,M. Shahabuddin +6 more
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In this paper, the authors explored the effects of the double counter twisted tapes on heat transfer and fluid friction characteristics in a heat exchanger tube and demonstrated that the Nusselt number, friction factor and thermal enhancement efficiency were increased with decreasing twist ratio.About:
This article is published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.The article was published on 2014-01-01. It has received 113 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nusselt number & Heat transfer.read more
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Review of heat transfer enhancement methods: Focus on passive methods using swirl flow devices
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive literature review of various turbulators (coiled tubes, extended surfaces (fin, louvered strip, winglet), rough surfaces (Corrugated tube, Rib) and swirl flow devices such as twisted tape, conical ring, snail entry turbulator, vortex rings, coiled wire) for enhancing heat transfer in heat exchangers.
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A comprehensive review on single phase heat transfer enhancement techniques in heat exchanger applications
Tabish Alam,Man-Hoe Kim +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an effort has been made to categorize the active and passive methods and review the various heat transfer techniques applied in heat exchangers, and a combined method have also been recommended which include both active and active methods.
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Enhancing the optical and thermal efficiency of a parabolic trough collector – A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the other works carried out in the enhancement of optical and thermal efficiency of the solar PTC is presented along with the economic analysis of the PTC followed by the future research prospects in a parabolic trough collector and economic assessment models.
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The heat transfer enhancement techniques and their Thermal Performance Factor
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of passive heat transfer devices and their relative merits for wide variety of industrial applications is presented in this paper, where the effectiveness of a heat transfer enhancement technique is evaluated by the Thermal Performance Factor which is a ratio of the change in the heat transfer rate to change in friction factor.
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Thermal characteristic of a turbulent flow through a circular tube fitted with perforated vortex generator inserts
TL;DR: In this paper, a perforated vortex generator (PVG) was developed to improve convection heat transfer in a circular tube in turbulent flow regime with the Reynolds number over the range 3000-21,000 using air as the working fluid under uniform wall heat flux boundary condition.
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Heat Transfer and Friction in Turbulent Pipe Flow with Variable Physical Properties
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss heat transfer and skin friction in turbulent pipe flow with variable physical properties and highlight analytical methods to describe heat transfer mechanisms for constant liquid properties quite satisfactorily and to take into account the influence of the variation of physical properties with temperature versus 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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Experimental and CFD studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of a tube equipped with modified twisted tape inserts
TL;DR: In this article, experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) investigations on the friction factor, Nusselt number and thermal-hydraulic performance of a tube equipped with the classic and three modified twisted tape inserts were conducted.
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Experimental investigation of heat transfer and flow friction in a circular tube fitted with regularly spaced twisted tape elements
TL;DR: In this paper, a double pipe heat exchanger fitted with regularly spaced twisted tape elements was investigated and the results from each case were correlated for Nusselt number and friction factor.