Effect of air flow nonuniformity on the thermal performance and pressure drop in tube-fin heat exchanger of an air-conditioning system

Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1789-1793

  Elgowainy, Amgad ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Condensing unit; Flow nonuniformity; Maldistribution; Tube fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0346275072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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