A numerical investigation of laminar convection of supercritical carbon dioxide in vertical mini-micro tubes

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 144-152

  Liao, S M ^a   Zhao, T S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Forced convection; Numerical solution; Supercritical

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

VERTICAL TUBES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; VERTICAL PIPE;

EID: 0242414733     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/pcfd.2002.003221     Document Type: Article

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