Generalized neural network model of alternative refrigerant (R600a) inside a smooth tube

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 744-749

  Demir, Hakan ^a   Aǧra, zden ^a   Atayilmaz, Ş Özgür ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Condensation; Heat transfer coefficients; Hydrocarbon refrigerant; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT; ANNULAR FLOWS; BEST VALUE; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; CONDENSER DESIGN; CROSS VALIDATION; DIMENSIONLESS CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILM CONDENSATIONS; GENERALIZED NEURAL NETWORK; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; HEAT-MASS TRANSFER; HIDDEN LAYERS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANT; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANTS; INNER DIAMETERS; INPUT PARAMETER; MASS FLOW RATE; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; OUTER DIAMETERS; PHD THESIS; REFRIGERANT CONDENSATION; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SMOOTH COPPER; SMOOTH TUBES; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; THREE-LAYER; TRIAL-AND-ERROR PROCESS; VAPOR QUALITY;

CONDENSATION; CONDENSER TUBES; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MASS TRANSFER; NETWORK LAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REFRIGERANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 67649185199     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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