Analysis of the performances of heat exchangers used in hot-water stores

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 605-611

  Figueiredo, A R ^a   Raimundo, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dimensionless analysis; Heat exchanger coils; Lumped heat capacity hypothesis; Sensible heat water store; Transient thermal storage analysis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC COILS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TANKS;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; HOT WATER STORES; INLET OUTLET TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; LUMPED HEAT CAPACITY HYPOTHESIS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0030190131     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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