A numerical study for the prediction of turbulent mixing factor in thermal storage tanks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1173-1181

  Al Najem, N M ^a   El Refaee, M M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chapeau Galerkin integral formulation; Stratification; Thermal storage; Turbulent mixing factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; ITERATIVE METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHAPEAU GALERKIN INTEGRAL FORMULATION; TURBULENT MIXING FACTOR;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031386217     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(97)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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