Thermal and hydraulic characteristics of brazed plate heat exchangers - Part I: Review of single-phase and two-phase adiabatic and flow boiling characteristics

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 822-833

  Claesson, Joachim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EVAPORATORS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEATE BOILING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BRAZED PLATE; FLOW BOILING APPLICATIONS; FLOW BOILING CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 27644547511     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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