Experimental study on effect of heat transfer enhancement for single-phase forced convective flow with twisted tape inserts

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 106; pp. 877 - 883
• Main Authors: Man, Changzhong, Lv, Xiaogang, Hu, Jingwei, Sun, Peiyan, Tang, Yunbang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Cold water; Convective flow; Cooling; Dual-pipe heat exchanger; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; Heat transfer enhancement; Hot water; Inserts; Nusselt number; Reynolds number; Turbulence; Turbulent flow; Twisted tape insert; Heat transfer enhancement; Dual-pipe heat exchanger; Twisted tape insert; Turbulent flow

•A new type of twisted tapes is introduced in this paper which is seldom investigated before.•Characteristics of heat transfer and friction of the new type of twisted tapes are studied compared with typical twisted tapes and plain tube.•Comprehensive performance of the ACCT tape is evaluated and the...