An experimental investigation on the airside performance of fin-and-tube heat exchangers having sinusoidal wave fins

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1249-1262

  Youn, B ^a   Kim, N H ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL WAVES;

FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SINUSOIDAL WAVE FINS; WAFFLE CONFIGURATION; WEAK ROW EFFECT;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 34547817597     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-006-0210-y     Document Type: Article

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