Effectively design air-cooled heat exchangers

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 26-46

  Mukherjee, R ^a  

^a ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; THERMAL DESIGN;

COOLING SYSTEMS; COSTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0031076674     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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