Entropy generation in double diffusive convection in presence of the Soret effect

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 237-246

  Hidouri, N ^a   Magherbi, M ^b   Abbassi, Hassen ^c   Ben Brahim, Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^c université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cavity; Entropy generation; Heat and mass transfer; Irreversible processes; Numerical methods; Soret effect

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ENTROPY; GAS MIXTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BUOYANCY RATIO; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; ENTROPY GENERATION; SORET EFFECT; THERMAL GRASHOF NUMBER;

THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BUOYANCY; ENTROPY; GAS MIXTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

EID: 34447636599     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2007.013885     Document Type: Article

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