Numerical study of the effect of inlet geometry on stratification in thermal energy storage

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 65-83

  Ghajar, Afshin J ^a   Zurigat, Yousef H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE - APPLICATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS - INLETS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE COMPUTER CODE; SECOND-ORDER UPWIND DIFFERENCE SCHEME (SOUDS); THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STORAGE TANK STRATIFICATION; WEIGHTED UPWIND DIFFERENCE SCHEME (WUDS);

ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 0026082294     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789108944838     Document Type: Article

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