Numerical calculation of local entropy generation in a methane-air burner

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1885-1919

  Yapici, Hüseyin ^a   Kayataş, Nesrin ^a   Albayrak, Bilge ^a   Baştürk, Gamze ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air fuel combustion; Computational fluid dynamics; Exergy; Local entropy generation; Swirl burner

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METHANE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-FUEL COMBUSTION; LOCAL ENTROPY GENERATION; SWIRL BURNERS;

FUEL BURNERS;

EID: 14544267117     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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