Condensate drainage performance of a plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger constructed from anisotropic micro-grooved fins

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1766-1778

  Sommers, A D ^a   Yu, R ^a   Okamoto, N C ^b   Upadhyayula, K ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Anisotropy; Condensate; Dehumidification; Micro channel; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SURFACE; CONDENSATE; DEHUMIDIFICATION; DRAINAGE PERFORMANCE; DROPLET MOTION; FIN AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER; FIN SURFACE; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PLAIN-FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS; WATER RETENTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINUM; ANISOTROPY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84864476660     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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