Investigating performance of new mini-channel evaporators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 3561-3567

  Qi, Zhaogang ^a   Chen, Jiangping ^b   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Fin shape; Flow pass; Mini channel evaporator; Performance

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIN SHAPE; FLOW PASS; MINI-CHANNEL EVAPORATOR; PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DROPS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRIGERANTS; TEST FACILITIES;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 69449100955     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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