An Experimental Investigation of the Performance of Cross-Corrugated Plate Heat Exchangers

Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-393

  Hessami, Mir Akbar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross corrugation; Flow distribution; Heat transfer; Plate heat exchanger; Pressure drop; Surface temperature profile

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED MATERIALS; DATA REDUCTION; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CROSS-CORRUGATION; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0842283452     PISSN: 10655131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.v10.i4.30     Document Type: Article

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