Reference: ATE 8770 To appear in: Applied Thermal Engineering Received Date: 19 May 2016 Revised Date: 13 July 2016 Accepted Date: 25 July 2016 Please cite this article as: R. Kurian, C. Balaji, S.P. Venkateshan, Experimental investigation of near compact wire mesh heat exchangers, Applied Thermal Engineering (2016), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng. 2016.07.172 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.