Enhancement of convection heat-transfer in a rectangular duct

Applied Energy

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 441-451

  Demirel, Yasar ^a   Al Ali, Habib H ^a   Abu Al Saud, Basem A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric heating; Enhancement of convection; Rectangular packed bed; Transient convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS;

ASYMMETRIC HEATING; RECTANGULAR PACKED BEDS; WALL-TO-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER;

FORCED CONVECTION;

DUCT; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 0033375866     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(99)00110-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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