Thermal performance of crossflow microchannel heat exchangers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 6215-6220

  Cao, Haishan ^a   Chen, Guangwen ^a   Yuan, Quan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ETCHING; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; CROSS FLOWS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; STAINLESS STEEL PLATE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWO PLATES; VACUUM DIFFUSION BONDING; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; ASPECT RATIO; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STAINLESS STEEL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77954195667     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100107s     Document Type: Article

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