Effect of inlet manifold structure on the performance of the heater core in the automobile air-conditioning systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1016-1021

  Shi, Jun ye ^a   Qu, Xiao hua ^a   Qi, Zhao gang ^a   Chen, Jiang pin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum heat exchanger; Flow maldistribution; Inlet manifold; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BRAZED ALUMINUM; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; FLAT TUBE; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 77649270815     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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