Natural convection flow structures and heat transfer in a model hydrothermal growth reactor

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-55

  Li, Hongmin ^a   Braun, Minel J ^a   Evans, Edward A ^a   Wang, G X ^a   Paudel, Govind ^a   Miller, Jason ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Enclosure; Flow visualization; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUARTZ;

FLOW TRACKING; HYDROTHERMAL AUTOCLAVES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); QUARTZ CRYSTALS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 10444238430     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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