Study of flow distribution and its improvement on the header of plate-fin heat exchanger

Cryogenics

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 823-831

  Wen, Jian ^a   Li, Yanzhong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow maldistribution; Optimum design A; Plate fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; OPTIMUM DESIGN; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 3242738291     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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