Performance investigation of a finned tube evaporator under the oblique frontal air velocity distribution

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Chen, Nan ^a   Xu, Lie ^a   Feng, Hai Dong ^a   Yang, Chun Guang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finned tube evaporator; Frost; Oblique degree; Performance parameters of evaporator

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FROST EFFECTS; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

FINNED TUBE EVAPORATORS; FROST; OBLIQUE DEGREE; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF EVAPORATORS;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 4644324024     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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