A heat exchanger model for air-to-refrigerant fin-and-tube heat exchanger with arbitrary fin sheet

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1724-1735

  Singh, Varun ^a   Aute, Vikrant ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ailette; Air cooler; changeur de chaleur; vaporateur; Evaporator; Fin; Finned tube; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Mod lisation; Modelling; Param tre; Parameter; Refroidisseur d'air; Simulation; Transfert de chaleur; Tube ailet

Indexed keywords

AILETTE; AIR COOLER; FIN; FINNED TUBE; MODELLING; PARAMETER; REFROIDISSEUR D'AIR; SIMULATION; TRANSFERT DE CHALEUR;

COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATORS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LOCATION; REFRIGERANTS; SIMULATORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 69749122270     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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