Discharge of thermal storage tanks via immersed baffled heat exchangers: Numerical model of flow and temperature fields

Proceedings of the Energy Sustainability Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 711-720

  Su, Yan ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL BAFFLES; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE; THERMAL STORAGE TANKS; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE;

HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 37249043211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2007-36131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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