Application of a genetic algorithm for thermal design of fin-and-tube heat exchangers

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 597-607

  Xie, Gongnan ^a   Wang, Qiuwang ^a   Sunden, Bengt ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS (FTHE); TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THERMAL DESIGN;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 41249098807     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630801922337     Document Type: Article

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