Experimental study on the heat transfer at the heat exchanger of the thermoacoustic refrigerating system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 2435-2442

  Nsofor, Emmanuel C ^a   Celik, Serdar ^a   Wang, Xudong ^a  

^a Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Thermoacoustic refrigeration

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

OSCILLATORY FLOW; THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34248387333     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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