Simulation of air-to-refrigerant fin-and-tube heat exchanger with CFD-based air propagation

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1883-1897

  Singh, Varun ^a   Abdelaziz, Omar ^a   Aute, Vikrant ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Condenser; Finned tube; Heat exchanger; Hybrid; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR PROPAGATION; AIR SIDES; CFD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; FINNED TUBE; FLEXIBLE SIMULATION; GENERAL PURPOSE; HEAT EXCHANGER MODEL; HYBRID; MODELING RESULTS; NEW MODEL; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; REFRIGERANTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR;

EID: 80955157304     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.07.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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