Numerical study of natural convection heat transfer in a horizontal channel provided with rectangular blocks releasing uniform heat flux and mounted on its lower wall

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2757-2766

  Bakkas, M ^a,b   Amahmid, A ^b   Hasnaoui, M ^b  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Heating blocks; Horizontal channel; Multiplicity of solutions; Natural convection; Numerical study; Uniform heat flux

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING BLOCKS; HORIZONTAL CHANNEL; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL STUDY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR BLOCKS; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX; WORKING FLUIDS;

AIR;

EID: 48849097103     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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