The combined effects of inlet fluid flow and temperature nonuniformity in cross flow plate-fin compact heat exchanger using finite element method

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 375-383

  Ranganayakulu, Ch ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^b  

^a AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CROSS FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0031153129     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050134     Document Type: Article

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