Testing and design of a microchannel heat exchanger with multiple plates

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4535-4541

  Cao, Haishan ^a,b   Chen, Guangwen ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; HARD CORES; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; MICROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; TWO PLATES; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

DROPS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STAINLESS STEEL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 65649134026     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801419r     Document Type: Article

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