A general steady state mathematical model for fin-and-tube heat exchanger based on graph theory

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 965-973

  Liu, Jian ^a   Wei, WenJian ^a   Ding, GouLiang ^a   Zhang, Chunlu ^a   Fukaya, Masaharu ^b   Wang, Kaijian ^b   Inagaki, Takefumi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finned tube; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Modelling; Pressure drop; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT; FINNED TUBE; PRESSURE LOSS; STEADY STATE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 10044275040     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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