Overview of condensation heat transfer on horizontal tube bundles

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 565-594

  Browne, M W ^a   Bansal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HORIZONTAL TUBE BUNDLES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0033148920     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(98)00055-6     Document Type: Review

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