Airside characteristics of heat, mass transfer and pressure drop for heat exchangers of tube-in hydrophilic coating wavy fin under dehumidifying conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 4358-4370

  Ma, Xiaokui ^a   Ding, Guoliang ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Wang, Kaijian ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehumidifying conditions; Heat; Hydrophilic coating; Mass; Momentum; Wavy fin

Indexed keywords

DEHUMIDIFYING CONDITIONS; HEAT; HYDROPHILIC COATING; MASS; WAVY FIN;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COATINGS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; DROPS; FRICTION; GAS TURBINES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MOISTURE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 67650033229     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.03.066     Document Type: Article

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