Numerical simulations of a micro-channel wall-tube condenser for domestic refrigerators

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-433

  Zhang, Huiyong ^a   Li, Junming ^a   Li, Hongqi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

condenser; micro tube; numerical simulation; refrigerator

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; METAL MASS; MICRO-TUBE; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; MICROCHANNEL WALLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TUBE CONDENSER; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBE LENGTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONDENSER TUBES;

EID: 77955385699     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(10)70083-3     Document Type: Article

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