Recent applications of advances in microchannel heat exchangers and multi-scale design optimization

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-474

  Fan, Yilin ^a   Luo, Lingai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCHANNELS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 39649120766     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630701850968     Document Type: Article

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