Performance evaluation of the recuperative heat exchanger in a miniature Joule-Thomson cooler

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1829-1844

  Xue, H ^a   Ng, K C ^b   Wang, J B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Heat exchanger; Heat losses; Joule thomson cooler; Performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES;

JOULE-THOMSON COOLER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 21844438988     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(01)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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