Condensation heat transfer enhancement in a horizontal non-circular microchannel

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 358-370

  El Mghari, Hicham ^a,b   Asbik, Mohamed ^b   Louahlia Gualous, Hasna ^a   Voicu, Ionut ^a  

^a Université de Caen Normandie   (France)

^b MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Average heat transfer enhancement; Condensation; Modeling; Non circular microchannel

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE HEAT TRANSFERS; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; NON-CIRCULAR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; CONDENSATION; CONTACT ANGLE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MODELS; STEAM CONDENSERS; VAPORS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84892748886     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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