Efficiency and optimization of straight fins with combined heat and mass transfer - An analytical solution

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2279-2288

  Sharqawy, Mostafa H ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Optimization; Straight fin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS; COMBINED HEATING; DRIVING FORCES; FIN EFFICIENCY; FIN SURFACE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HUMIDITY RATIO; OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMUM DIMENSIONS; STRAIGHT FIN; TEXT BOOKS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 50849090941     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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