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2. Offset-Strip Fins

Authors : Sujoy Kumar Saha, Hrishiraj Ranjan, Madhu Sruthi Emani, Anand Kumar Bharti

Published in: Heat Transfer Enhancement in Plate and Fin Extended Surfaces

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter intensively deals with offset-strip fins for plate-fin heat exchangers and plate-fin and tube heat exchangers. The performance of offset-strip fins and offset-strip fin arrays has been discussed. Various numerical studies and correlations for j-factor and f-factor have been presented.

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Metadata
Title
Offset-Strip Fins
Authors
Sujoy Kumar Saha
Hrishiraj Ranjan
Madhu Sruthi Emani
Anand Kumar Bharti
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Plate and Fin Extended Surfaces

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20738-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20736-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20736-6_2

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