Numerical study of the optimum counter-flow mode of air jets in a large utility furnace

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1201-1223

  He, Boshu ^a   Chen, Meiqian ^a   Yu, Qiumei ^a   Liu, Shumin ^a   Fan, Lijuan ^a   Sun, Shouguang ^a   Xu, Jinyuan ^b   Pan, Wei Ping ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Materials Characterization Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ISOTHERMS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR JETS; FURNANCE WALLS;

JETS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; FURNACE; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; STABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 2442444920     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2003.06.015     Document Type: Article

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