Heat transfer and fluid flow in a plate heat exchanger part I. Experimental investigation

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1492-1498

  Gherasim, Iulian ^a   Taws, Matthew ^b   Galanis, Nicolas ^a   Nguyen, Cong Tam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Isotherms; Laminar flow; Nusselt number; Plate heat exchanger; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; QUALITATIVE INFLUENCES; THERMAL FIELD; TWO PARAMETER; TWO-CHANNEL;

FRICTION; ISOTHERMS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 79956156459     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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