Flow distortions at the fan inlet of forced-draught air-cooled heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 741-752

  Duvenhage, K ^a   Vermeulen, J A ^a   Meyer, C J ^a   Kroger D G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air cooled heat exchanger; Axial fan; Flow distortions; Forced draught; Inlet shroud

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; FANS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BELL MOUTH INLET SHROUD; CYLINDRICAL FAN INLET SHROUD; FLOW DISTORTIONS; FORCED DRAUGHT AIR COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0030217114     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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