Effect of network arrangement on the heat transfer area of cooling networks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 16 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 2650-2656

  Picon Nunez M ^a   Morales Fuentes, A ^a   Vazquez Ramirez E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cooling networks; Minimum heat transfer area; Network arrangement; Pressure drop; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INVESTMENTS; PRESSURE DROP;

COOLING NETWORKS; MINIMUM HEAT TRANSFER AREA; NETWORK ARRANGEMENT; RETROFIT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34547961283     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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