Evaluation of flow maldistribution in air-cooled heat exchangers

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 677-690

  Habib, M A ^a   Ben Mansour, R ^a   Said, S A M ^a   Al Qahtani, M S ^a   Al Bagawi, J J ^b   Al Mansour, K M ^b  

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

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZERS; COLD HEADING; COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW RATE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTIONS; INLET FLOW VELOCITIES; MASS FLOW RATES; NOZZLE DIAMETERS; NOZZLE GEOMETRIES; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STATIC PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS; STATIC PRESSURES;

NOZZLES;

EID: 57649184016     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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