Experimental investigation of thermal model of parallel flow microchannel heat exchangers subjected to external heat flux

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 2193-2199

  Mathew, B ^a   Hegab, H ^a  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; External heat transfer; Heat exchanger; Microchannel; NTU

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; EFFECTIVENESS-NTU; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL HEAT FLUX; EXTERNAL HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; NTU; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL SCIENCE; TRAPEZOIDAL MICROCHANNELS;

COMMUNICATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PARALLEL FLOW; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84856317704     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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