Transient natural convection and heat transfer during the storage of granular media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 3468-3477

  Avila Acevedo, J G ^a   Tsotsas, E ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Silo; Stored porous media; Transient heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRANULAR MEDIA; STORED POROUS MEDIA; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 44649134027     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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