Numerical simulation of gas flow and heat transfer in cross-wavy primary surface channel for microtubine recuperators

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3 PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 321-326

  Liang, H X ^a   Wang, Q W ^a   Luo, L Q ^a   Feng, Z P ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross wavy primary surface channels; Microturbine; Numerical simulation; Recuperator

Indexed keywords

CROSS-WAVY PRIMARY SURFACE (CWPS); HYDRAULIC DIAMETERS; MICROTURBINES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

RECUPERATORS;

EID: 27744489032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2005-68292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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