Degradation of the performance of microchannel heat exchangers due to flow maldistribution

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 236-247

  Nielsen, K K ^a   Engelbrecht, K ^a   Christensen, D V ^a,b   Jensen, J B ^a   Smith, A ^a   Bahl, C R H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flow maldistribution; Microchannels; Parallel plates; Thermal cross talk

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL THICKNESS; CYCLIC STEADY STATE; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; PARALLEL PLATES; THERMAL CROSS TALK;

CROSSTALK; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84857679708     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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