Comparison of the predicted and experimental heat transfer performance of a finned tube evaporator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 499-513

  Aganda, A A ^a   Coney, J E R ^b   Farrant, P E ^c   Sheppard, C G W ^b   Wongwuttanasatian, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c National Engineering Lab Glasgow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; REFRIGERANTS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AIR FLOW; FINNED TUBE EVAPORATOR; HEAT EXCHANGER COMPUTER PROGRAM;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 0034174073     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(99)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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