Performance degradation due to longitudinal heat conduction in very high NTU counterflow heat exchangers

Cryogenics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 927-930

  Pradeep Narayanan, S ^a   Venkatarathnam, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Compact heat exchangers; High effectiveness; Longitudinal heat conduction

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRYOCOOLERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0032157207     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(98)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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