Performance and optimum geometry of spines with simultaneous heat and mass transfer

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2130-2138

  Sharqawy, Mostafa H ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Optimization; Performance; Spine fins

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; DRIVING FORCES; FIN PARAMETERS; FIN SURFACE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HUMIDITY RATIO; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; PERFORMANCE; SPINE FINS; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 69849089617     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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