Numerical modeling of the electrohydrodynamic effect to natural convection in vertical channels

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-175

  Kasayapanand, N ^a   Kiatsiriroat, T ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Electrohydrodynamic; Heat transfer enhancement; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33846629083     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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