Investigation on the Vortex Thermal Separation in a Vortex Tube Refrigerator

ScienceAsia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-223

  Promvonge, Pongjet ^a   Eiamsa Ard, Smith ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

counter flow type vortex tube; energy separation; temperature reduction; thermal temperature separations; vortex tube

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846931552     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2005.31.215     Document Type: Article

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