Studies on thermal performance of electrical heaters by using porous materials

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-267

  Zahmatkesh, Iman ^a   Yaghoubi, Mahmood ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

CONVENTIONAL HEATERS; ELECTRICAL HEATERS; POROUS HEATER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 32044472819     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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