Effects of biofouling on air-side heat transfer and pressure drop for finned tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1032-1040

  Pu, Hui ^a   Ding, Guo liang ^a   Ma, Xiao kui ^a   Hu, Hai tao ^a   Gao, Yi feng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Copper Association Shanghai Office   (China)

Author keywords

Experiment; Finned tube; Fouling; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Micro organism; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED METHOD; AIR VELOCITIES; AIR-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; AREA RATIOS; CONDENSATION WATER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIN SURFACE; FINNED TUBE; FINNED TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HYDROPHILIC COATINGS; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; INLET AIR; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MICROORGANISM GROWTH;

BIOFOULING; DROPS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 67349273775     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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