Thermal and hydraulic characteristics of brazed plate heat exchangers - Part II: Current research on evaporators at KTH

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 834-845

  Claesson, Joachim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZING; BRINES; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; EVAPORATORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

ADIABATIC PRESSURE DROP; MASS FLOW RATES; MASS FLUX;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 27644451773     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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