Numerical investigation of the solid particle erosion rate in a steam turbine nozzle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 2394-2403

  Campos Amezcua, Alfonso ^a   Gallegos Muñoz, Armando ^b   Alejandro Romero, C ^b   Mazur Czerwiec, Zdzislaw ^a   Campos Amezcua, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abrasive wear; Numerical simulation; Solid particle erosion; Steam turbine

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NOZZLES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

DISCRETE PHASE MODEL; EROSION RATE; SOLID PARTICLE EROSION;

STEAM TURBINES;

EID: 34248587037     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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