Thermal-hydraulic CFD study in louvered fin-and-flat-tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-432

  Perrotin, Thomas ^a   Clodic, Denis ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Air distribution; Finned tube; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer coefficient; Louver; Modelling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); DIFFUSION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AIR DISTRIBUTION; FINNED TUBES; LOUVER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 1642618991     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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