The effects of inlet fluid flow nonuniformity on thermal performance and pressure drops in crossflow plate-fin compact heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-38

  Ranganayakulu, Ch ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^b   Sreevatsan, K V ^a  

^a HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE DROP; THERMOANALYSIS;

CROSSFLOW PLATE FIN COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS; FLUID FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; INLET FLUID FLOW NONUNIFORMITY; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FINS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PLATES; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 0031027302     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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