Effect of obstacles on thermal stratification in hot water storage tanks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 2285-2298

  Altuntop, Necdet ^a   Arslan, Mevlut ^a   Ozceyhan, Veysel ^a   Kanoglu, Mehmet ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hot water storage tank; Tank obstacles; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF LIQUIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY; WATER TANKS;

DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; HOT WATER STORAGE TANKS; TANK OBSTACLES; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EID: 19944362213     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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