Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer Theory and Application in High Performance Heat and Mass Transfer

ISSN for PRINT: 1065-5131

For Online Access

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2005, Volume12

Issue 1

126 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v12.i1

Issue price - $138.00

Kiyoshi Kawaguchi
Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University, Gofuku 3190, Toyama-shi, Toyama, 930-8555 Japan

Kenichi Okui
Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University, Gofuku 3190, Toyama-shi, Toyama, 930-8555 Japan

Takaharu Kashi
Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University, Gofuku 3190, Toyama-shi, Toyama, 930-8555 Japan

In recent years, requirement for the reduction of energy consumption has been increasing to solve the problems of global warming and shortage of petroleum resources. In the power generation field, thermal power generation occupies 60% of the power generation demand, so the improvement of thermal efficiency is of considerable importance. In this article, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of finned tube banks used for heat exchangers in thermal power generation plants were studied experimentally. Serrated finned tube banks for improvement of higher heat transfer and conventional spiral finned tube banks were tested under the same test conditions. Empirical equations to predict the heat transfer coefficient and the pressure drop were proposed.

DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v12.i1.10 Download article, 1-20 pages

Article price - $35.00

  Next article >>