Chimney effect in a "T" form cavity with heated isothermal blocks: The blocks height effect

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3181-3191

  El Alami, M ^a   Najam, M ^a   Semma, E ^b   Oubarra, A ^a   Penot, F ^c  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

"T" form cavity; Chimney effect; Heat transfer; Isothermal blocks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CHIMNEY EFFECT; CONTROL VOLUME METHOD; ISOTHERMAL BLOCKS; VELOCITY-PRESSURE COUPLING;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 3943091141     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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