Heat transfer and entropy generation in a parabolic trough receiver with wall-detached twisted tape inserts

A Mwesigye, T Bello-Ochende, JP Meyer - International Journal of Thermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, heat transfer enhancement in a parabolic trough receiver using wall-detached
twisted tape inserts was numerically investigated. The resulting heat transfer, fluid friction …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique to study the effects of helical wire inserts on heat transfer and pressure drop in a double pipe heat exchanger

K Sharifi, M Sabeti, M Rafiei, AH Mohammadi… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this communication, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique has been
employed to study the influence of coiled wire inserts on the Nusselt number, friction …

Convective heat transfer enhancement mechanisms in circular tube inserted with a type of twined coil

W Dang, LB Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerical method is used to investigate convective heat transfer enhancement mechanisms
in a tube with a new kind of twined coil insert. The numerical results are examined by the …

Heat transfer augmentation of internal flow using twisted tape insert in turbulent flow

AT Wijayanta, Mirmanto, M Aziz - Heat transfer engineering, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Heat transfer augmentation of turbulent single-phase flow in a concentric tube heat
exchanger with short-length twisted tape inserts was numerically examined herein. The …

A good contribution of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and GA-ANN methods to find the best type of helical wire inserted tube in heat exchangers

K Sharifi, M Sabeti, M Rafiei, AH Mohammadi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Researchers from all over the places have been reporting their experimental and simulation
studies on thermal analysis of enhanced heat-exchangers, such as coiled wire inserts. If …

Selection of turbulence promoters for retrofit applications through thermohydraulic performance mapping

M Picón-Núñez, JI Minchaca-Mojica… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many new heat transfer enhancement devices have been reported in the open literature in
the past decades exhibiting innovative geometries and better thermal and hydraulic …

Heat transfer characteristics of enhanced cooling tube with a helical wire under oscillatory flow in Stirling engine

F Xin, M Yu, W Liu, Z Liu - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Improving the heat transfer of cooler is favourable to reduce the cold end temperature and
dead volume of Stirling engine. In this study, the effect of the implementation of a helical wire …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of tube inserts in heat exchanger retrofit applications for increased energy recovery

P Durán-Plazas, JI Minchaca-Mojica… - Cleaner Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the thermal performance of conventional heat exchangers, the use of tube
inserts to increase heat transfer is a suitable option. The number of new geometries that …

Inverse Problem Approach Applied to the Study of Heat Transfer Maximization: shape Optimization of Butterfly Inserts

L Cattani, F Bozzoli, S Rainieri - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the present work it is presented and tested a promising and innovative procedure, based
on inverse problem approach, for the heat transfer performance maximization of pipes fitted …

Heat transfer and pressure drop measurements during boiling in vertical tubes with coiled-wire inserts

B Niezgoda-Żelasko - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The paper presents thermal and flow analyses of the boiling process of R507, R410 and
R407 C refrigerants inside vertical tubes (21 mm) with coiled-wire inserts and various coil …