Transient heat transfer by free convection in a packed bed of spheres: Comparison between two modelling approaches and experimental results

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-24

  Laguerre, O ^a   Ben Amara, S ^a   Alvarez, G ^a   Flick, D ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Low air velocity; Natural convection; Packed bed modelling; Radiation; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES;

LOW AIR VELOCITY; PACKED BED MODELING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34848818766     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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