Design and scaling laws of ramified fluid distributors by the constructal approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1799-1813

  Tondeur, Daniel ^a   Luo, Lingai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Fluid distributor; Fractals; Hydrodynamics; Multi scale design; Porous media; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP;

RAMIFIED FLUID DISTRIBUTIONS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION POWERS; VOLUME FRACTIONS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN; DISTRIBUTION; FLUID; FLUIDICS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 2342453071     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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