Shape optimization of water-to-water plate-fin heat exchanger using computational fluid dynamics and genetic algorithm

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 310-318

  Yin, Hang ^a   Ooka, Ryozo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colburn heat transfer factor; Fanning friction factor; Genetic algorithm; Number of entropy production units; Plate fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRIBOLOGY; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENTROPY PRODUCTION; FANNING FRICTION FACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER FACTORS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84923230150     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.068     Document Type: Article

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