Thermofluid characteristics of frosted finned-tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3073-3080

  Yan, Wei Mon ^a   Li, Hung Yi ^a   Tsay, Yeong Ley ^b  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

FROST FORMATION; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; THERMOFLUID CHARACTERISTICS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 18444384001     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.02.018     Document Type: Article

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