Optimization of heat transfer in an air cooler equipped with classic twisted tape inserts using imperialist competitive algorithm

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-200

  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; Classic twisted tape inserts; Heat transfer; Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA); Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLER; AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER; COMPETITIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; REGRESSION EQUATION; TWISTED TAPE INSERT;

ALGORITHMS; COST FUNCTIONS; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84856346590     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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