Parametric study on the performance of a heat exchanger with corrugated louvered fins

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 539-544

  Qi, Zhao gang ^a   Chen, Jiang ping ^a   Chen, Zhi jiu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corrugated louvered fin; Heat exchanger; Optimum parameters; Parametric design

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED LOUVERED FIN; FLOW FRICTION; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; TAGUCHI METHOD;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 33749672829     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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