An airside correlation for plain fin-and-tube heat exchangers in wet conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1869-1872

  Wang, Chi Chuan ^a   Lin, Yur Tsai ^b   Lee, Chi Juan ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER;

FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0034145066     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00240-9     Document Type: Article

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