Second law analysis of forced convection in a circular duct for non-Newtonian fluids

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2226-2244

  Mahmud, Shohel ^a   Fraser, Roydon Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENTROPY; FORCED CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BEJAN NUMBER (BE); IRREVERSIBILITY DISTRIBUTION RATIO; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PECLET NUMBER (PE);

DUCTS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DUCTS; ENTROPY; FORCED CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

CONVECTION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; ENTROPY; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID;

EID: 33745846757     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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