Effect of inlet flow maldistribution on the thermal performance of a three-fluid crossflow heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3777-3787

  Yuan, Ping ^a  

^a LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTAKE SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INLET FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CROSSFLOW; FLUID FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0041339689     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00196-0     Document Type: Article

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