Numerical study on air-side performance of an integrated fin and micro-channel heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2738-2745

  Li, Jiong ^a   Wang, Shuangfeng ^a   Cai, Wang ^a   Zhang, Weijun ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Dongguan Gaobao Aluminium Mfy Co Ltd 523275   (China)

Author keywords

Fin geometry; Heat transfer; Integrated fin and micro channel heat exchanger; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; AIR SIDE PERFORMANCE; ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; COLBURN FACTORS; FANNING FRICTION FACTOR; FIN GEOMETRY; FIN HEIGHT; FIN PITCH; FIN THICKNESS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW DEPTH; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; WAVY FIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77956612550     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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