Irreversibility Analysis and Numerical Simulation in a Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger Equipped with Block Shape Vortex Generator

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

M. Ghazikhani ¹ , E. Noorifar ² , A. Mohammadian ³

1 - Department of mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2014-03-22 Accepted : 2014-11-29 Published : 2015-03-01

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