Controlling natural convection in a closed thermosyphon using neural networks

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 525-531

  Cammarata, L ^a   Fichera, A ^a   Pagano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCED CONVECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OSCILLATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIPHONS;

CONTROL ACTIONS; NATURAL CIRCULATION; RECTANGULAR LOOPS; THERMOSYPHONS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 21044451765     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-002-0396-6     Document Type: Article

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