Air cooling by multiport slabs heat exchanger: An experimental approach

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-54

  Dasgupta, Engr Sarbadaman ^a   Askar, Serena ^a   Ismail, Mohammed ^a   Fartaj, Amir ^a   Quaiyum, Md Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross flow; Fluid flow; Heat balance; Heat transfer; Microchannel heat exchanger; Nusselt number

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; AIR SIDE PERFORMANCE; CROSS FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; INLET TEMPERATURE; KEY PARAMETERS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; MULTI-PORT; OPERATING CONDITION; OVERALL THERMAL RESISTANCE; SINGLE PHASE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MICROCHANNELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SERPENTINE; SPECIFIC HEAT;

AIR;

EID: 84864313090     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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