Numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of tube-fin heat exchangers in ice slurry HVAC system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1831-1839

  Kalaiselvam, S ^a   Karthik, P ^a   Ranjit Prakash, S ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Ice slurry; Optimization; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING WATER; DROPS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

AIR FLOWS; AIR-HANDLING UNITS; CHILLED-WATER SYSTEMS; FIN PITCHES; FREEZING POINTS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HVAC SYSTEMS; ICE FRACTIONS; ICE SLURRY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TUBE FLOWS; TUBE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS; WATER-BASED;

ICE;

EID: 61349124194     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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