On the optimum sizing of cooling towers

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 783-789

  Soylemez M S ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

THERMOECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 0342468998     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(00)00148-5     Document Type: Article

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