Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4150-4158

  Shang, Zhi ^a   Yao, Yufeng ^a   Chen, Shuo ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer; Horizontal round tube; Supercritical water; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MESH GENERATION; NANOFLUIDICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER RECYCLING;

BUOYANCY EFFECTS; CFD SOFTWARES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COUPLING EFFECTS; GRID RESOLUTIONS; MESH DEPENDENCY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER (SCW); SYSTEM PRESSURE; WALL TREATMENTS;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 47849128439     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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