An experimental study of liquid-phase heat transfer in multiport minichannel tubes

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 941-951

  Stignor, Caroline Haglund ^a   Sunden, Bengt ^b   Fahlén, Per ^c  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LIQUID PHASE; MINI CHANNELS; MULTI-PORT; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SECONDARY REFRIGERANT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

ASPECT RATIO; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; PROPYLENE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 67651247154     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630902837426     Document Type: Article

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