The design, fabrication, and evaluation of a ceramic counter-flow microchannel heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2004-2012

  Kee, Robert J ^a   Almand, Berkeley B ^a   Blasi, Justin M ^a   Rosen, Benjamin L ^a   Hartmann, Marco ^a   Sullivan, Neal P ^a   Zhu, Huayang ^a   Manerbino, Anthony R ^b   Menzer, Sophie ^b   Coors, W Grover ^b   Martin, Jerry L ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Fuel Cell Division   (United States)

^c DellaTech   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Heat exchanger; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

ALL-CERAMIC; CERAMIC; CHANNEL LAYOUT; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COLD SIDE; COST MANUFACTURING; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; FABRICATION PROCESS; INLET AIR; INTEGRATED STRUCTURE; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; MODEL-BASED DESIGN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD LITERS PER MINUTES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; INLET FLOW; MICROCHANNELS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79955476913     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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