Criteria for scaling heat exchangers to miniature size
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to highlight the particular aspects of miniature heat exchangers performance and to determine an appropriate design approach. A thermodynamic analysis is performed to express the generated entropy as a function of material and geometric characteristics of the heat exchangers. This expression is then used to size miniature heat exchangers.
- Publication:
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3rd Cryocooler Conference
- Pub Date:
- May 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985crco.conf..212R
- Keywords:
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- Cryogenic Cooling;
- Heat Exchangers;
- Laminar Flow;
- Scale Models;
- Entropy;
- Helium;
- Mass Flow;
- Miniaturization;
- Refrigerators;
- Engineering (General)