Numerical investigation of a porous matrix combustor-heater

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-374

  Xuan, Yimin ^a   Viskanta, R ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AXIAL FLOW; COMBUSTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FUEL MASS FRACTION; POROUS MATRIX COMBUSTOR HEATER;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 0033184672     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899274697     Document Type: Article

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