An analytical approach for predicting fin performance of triangular fins subject to simultaneous heat and mass transfer

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1120

  Kundu, B ^a   Barman, D ^a   Debnath, S ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Ailette; Air; D shumidification; Dehumidification; Distribution; changeur de chaleur; Fin; Finned tube; G om trie; Geometry; Heat exchanger; Mod lisation; Modelling; Performance; Temp rature; Temperature; Tube ailet

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SILICONES; THEOREM PROVING;

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; CUBIC POLYNOMIALS; DEHUMIDIFYING CONDITIONS; DESIGN CONDITIONS; DEW POINTS; DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORM METHOD (DTM); HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (HMT); RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SATURATION TEMPERATURES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; WET FINS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 48649103330     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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