Entropy-energy analysis of porous stack: steady state conjugate problem

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-398

  Mahmud, Shohel ^a   Fraser, Roydon Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

conjugate problem; Darcy number; energy flux density; entropy; stack

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144528527     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2004.005565     Document Type: Article

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