Fuzzy logic to predict the heat transfer in an air cooler equipped with different tube inserts

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-147

  Karami, Alimohammad ^a   Rezaei, Ehsan ^a   Shahhosseni, Mohsen ^a   Aghakhani, Masood ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air cooled heat exchanger; Fuzzy logic; Heat transfer; Mamdani fuzzy inference; Tube inserts

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLER; AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER; AVERAGE ERRORS; ERROR RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; INCLINED ANGLE; MAMDANI; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; TUBE INSERTS; TWISTED TAPES;

FORECASTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84855773011     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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