Laminar flow efficiency of stratified chilled-water storage tanks

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-78

  Homan, K O ^a   Soo, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HEAT CONDUCTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

STRATIFIED CHILLED WATER STORAGE TANKS;

WATER TANKS;

COOLING; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; STORAGE TANK;

EID: 0032004053     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)10003-0     Document Type: Article

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