Thermal analysis on metal-foam filled heat exchangers. Part II: Tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 2762-2770

  Zhao, C Y ^a,b   Lu, W ^b   Tassou, S A ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FOAMS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

COUNTER FLOW; FOAM-AREA RATIO; METAL-FOAM; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FOAMS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 33646543358     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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