A numerical investigation of the geometric effects on the performance of plate finned-tube heat exchanger

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1638-1643

  Lu, Chi Wen ^a   Huang, Jeng Min ^a   Nien, W C ^a   Wang, Chi Chuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axial fan; CFD; Fin and tube heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FANS; CFD; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; FIN PITCH; FIN THICKNESS; FIXED FLOW; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTIMUM VALUE; TRANSVERSE TUBE PITCH; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; TUBE PITCH;

AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 78650522808     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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