摘要 |
A thermoconductive, fluid-confining tube has a plurality of thermoconductive elements each having opposed major surfaces, in thermoconductive contact with the outer surface of the tube, each element having a major dimension extending outwardly from the outer tube surface and a major dimension extending substantially parallel to the axis of the tube, and a smallest dimension, and is adapted for heat exchange with a second fluid directed along the surface of the tube, in an overall flow direction substantially parallel to the smallest dimension of the elements; the thermoconductive elements are spaced apart in the flow direction and define open areas perpendicular to the flow direction with the total per cent of open area perpendicular to the flow direction being less than the total per cent of open area in the plane perpendicular to the tube axis.
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