An experimental study in determining the local heat transfer coefficients for the plate finned-tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 4883-4893

  Huang, Cheng Hung ^a   Yuan, I Cha ^a   Ay, Herchang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer coefficients determination; Inverse problem; Plate finned tube heat exchangers

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; COMMERCIAL CODES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIN PITCH; FIN SURFACE; FINNED SURFACE; GENERAL PURPOSE; IN-LINE; IN-LINE CONFIGURATION; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; PLATE FINNED-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; STAGGERED CONFIGURATION; STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; REMOTE SENSING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 68749100805     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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