Study of cross-flow cooling and heating of air via an elliptical tube array

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 423-433

  Khan, Mesbah G ^a,b   Fartaj, Amir ^a,b   Ting, David S K ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CROSS-FLOW; CROSS-FLOW COOLING; ELLIPTICAL TUBE ARRAYS;

AIR; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; INTAKE SYSTEMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WIND TUNNELS;

COOLING;

EID: 27644567308     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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