Compounded natural convection enhancement in a vertical parallel-plate channel

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 742-748

  Andreozzi, Assunta ^a   Campo, Antonio ^b   Manca, Oronzio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air natural convection; Colinear insulated plates; Equidistant auxiliary plate; Numerical analysis; Vertical parallel plate channel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AIR NATURAL CONVECTION; COLINEAR INSULATED PLATES; ENERGY EQUATIONS; EQUIDISTANT AUXILIARY PLATES; PLATE CHANNELS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 40749086681     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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