Airside performance of herringbone fin-and-tube heat exchangers in wet conditions

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1225-1230

  Wang, Chi Chuan ^a   Du, Yuan Jan ^b   Chang, Yu Juei ^a   Tao, Wei Han ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dehumidifying; Extended surfaces; Herringbone fin and tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE; WETTING;

DEHUMIDIFYING; HERRINGBONE FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HERRINGBONE FIN PATTERNS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; PERFORMANCE; PIPE;

EID: 0033491919     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770620     Document Type: Article

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