A comparison of metal-foam heat exchangers to compact multilouver designs for air-side heat transfer applications

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Dai, Z ^a   Nawaz, K ^b   Park, Y ^c   Chen, Q ^a   Jacobi, A M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZED ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS; HIGH PRICE; METAL FOAMS; MODEL-BASED OPC; OPEN CELL ALUMINUM FOAMS; PER UNIT; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ALUMINUM; COSTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FOAMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; SERPENTINE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 80052583924     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2011.584812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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