An experimental and theoretical investigation of the effect of flow maldistribution on the thermal performance of plate heat exchangers

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-343

  Prabhakara, Rao B ^a   Sunden, Bengt ^b   Das, Sarit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; PRESSURE DROP; THERMODYNAMICS;

PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; PORT SIZE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 17744384694     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1860568     Document Type: Article

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