TY - JOUR
TI - Field synergy number versus Stanton number
AU - Awad Mohamed M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 2
SP - 739
EP - 741
PT - Article
AB - In this study, a look on field synergy number (Fc) is presented. The field  synergy number (Fc) was introduced in literature in 21st century by Professor  Zeng-Yuan Guo and co-workers. It is defined as the ratio of the Nusselt  number (Nu) to product of Reynolds and Prandtl (Re and Pr) numbers. As a  result, Fc is defined in the same way like the Stanton number (St) although  the Stanton number (St) was named after Thomas Edward Stanton (1865-1931).  Based on this study, it is clear that existing dimensionless number in  literature i.e. Stanton number (St) can be used instead of the field synergy  number (Fc) because there is no need to change the name of the Stanton number  (St) to the field synergy number (Fc) as well as the Stanton number (St) can  be used in mass transfer applications.