On the heat and mass analogy of fin-and-tube heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 2055-2059

  Wang, Chi Chuan ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dehumidifying; Fin and tube heat exchanger; Heat and mass analogy

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DEHUMIDIFYING; FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 39749180892     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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