Performance of dehumidifying heat exchangers with and without wetting coatings

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1018-1026

  Hong, K ^a   Webb, R L ^b  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Convection; Dehumidification; Experimental; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COATING; FIN; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 0033216532     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826052     Document Type: Article

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