ESG-16 Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Stud Finned Tubes

G. Breber and R. Kukreja

1992

This report presents the results from a review and an evaluation of heat transfer and pressure drop predictive methods for bundles with stud-finned tubes in a staggered arrangement. Comparisons are made with new and published wind-tunnel data, and new and open-literature correlations. The correlations that are in the best agreement with data are identified.