Passage arrangement optimization of multi-stream plate-fin heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 963-974

  Tian, Qiqi ^a   He, Guogeng ^a   Zhao, Linshan ^a   Cai, Dehua ^a   Chen, Liping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulative heat load; Multi stream plate fin heat exchanger; Parameter distributed model; Passage arrangement

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NITROGEN; THERMAL LOAD;

CUMULATIVE HEAT; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; MULTI-STREAM; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PASSAGE ARRANGEMENT; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84907198319     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.08.055     Document Type: Article

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