An experimental and numerical investigation of heat transfer fouling and fluid flow in flat plate heat exchangers

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-130

  Kho, T ^a   Muller Steinhagen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow and temperature distribution; Fouling patterns; Plate design; Plate heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER; MACHINE DESIGN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGER;

EID: 0344326256     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387699526007     Document Type: Article

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