Effect of geometric parameters on steady-state performance of single-phase NCL with heat loss to ambient

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1359-1373

  Basu, Dipankar Narayan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Souvik ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Conjugate problem; Effectiveness; Geometry; Natural circulation; Numerical model; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CIRCULATION RATES; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; DIFFERENT SECTIONS; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; INPUT ENERGY; NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOP (NCL); NUMERICAL - TECHNIQUES; OPERATING LIMITS; PARAMETRIC VARIATIONS; PREDICTED VALUES; STABILIZING EFFECTS; STEADY-STATE PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR; SYSTEM DIMENSIONS; WALL MATERIALS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 47549084811     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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