Exact solution to the governing PDE of a hot water-to-air finned tube cross-flow heat exchanger

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-31

  Delnero, Chris C ^a   Dreisigmeyer, Dave ^b   Hittle, Douglas C ^b   Young, Peter M ^c   Anderson, Charles W ^d   Anderson, Michael L ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d Colorado State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION;

COIL DYNAMICS; DISCRETE TIME MODELS; HOT WATER-TO-AIR FINNED TUBE CROSS-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER; MULTI-PASS HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0346504021     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2004.10391088     Document Type: Article

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