Journal
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 463-490Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2004.09.014
Keywords
curved tube; heat transfer characteristics; flow characteristics; helically coiled tube; spirally coiled tube; pressure drop; heat transfer coefficient; friction factor
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The performance of heat exchangers can be improved to perform a certain heat-transfer duty by heat transfer enhancement techniques. In general, these techniques can be divided into two groups: active and passive techniques. The active techniques require external forces, e.g. electric field, acoustic or surface vibration, etc. The passive techniques require fluid additives or special surface geometries. Curved tubes have been used as one of the passive heat transfer enhancement techniques and are the most widely used tubes in several heat transfer applications. This article provides a literature review on heat transfer and flow characteristics of single-phase and two-phase flow in curved tubes. Three main categories of curved tubes; helically coiled tubes, spirally coiled tubes, and other coiled tubes, are described. A review of published relevant correlations of single-phase heat transfer coefficients and single-phase, two-phase friction factors are presented. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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