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Rodney L. McClain
Researcher at University of Notre Dame
Publications - 18
Citations - 922
Rodney L. McClain is an academic researcher from University of Notre Dame. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heat exchanger & Heat transfer. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 17 publications receiving 867 citations.
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Neural network analysis of fin-tube refrigerating heat exchanger with limited experimental data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the problem of accuracy in heat rate estimations from artificial neural network (ANN) models of heat exchangers used for refrigeration applications and present a methodology based on the cross-validation technique to find regions where not enough data are available to construct a reliable neural network.
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Dynamic prediction and control of heat exchangers using artificial neural networks
TL;DR: The artificial neural network (ANN) technique is extended to the simulation of the time-dependent behavior of a heat exchanger (HX) and used to control the temperature of air passing over it, which allows the system to reach steady-state operating conditions in regions where the PI and PID controllers are not able to perform as well.
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Effect of fin spacing on convection in a plate fin and tube heat exchanger
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of fin spacing on the over-tube side of a single-row fin-tube heat exchanger through flow visualization and numerical computation is examined and a peak in the Nusselt number occurs at the horseshoe vortex.
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Simulation of heat exchanger performance by artificial neural networks
TL;DR: In this article, a neural network with sigmoid activation function was used for non-linear representation of convection problems where identification of the weights with physical variables was not possible.
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Heat Rate Predictions in Humid Air-Water Heat Exchangers Using Correlations and Neural Networks
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the flow of humid air over fin-tube multi-row multi-column compact heat exchangers with possible condensation and use an artificial neural network technique to predict the heat transfer rate.