Calculation of fluid flow distribution inside a compact ceramic high temperature heat exchanger and chemical decomposer

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ponyavin, Valery ^a   Chen, Yitung ^a   Cutts, James ^b   Wilson, Merrill ^b   Hechanova, Anthony E ^c  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^b CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Channel flow; Fluid flow distribution; Gross flow maldistribution; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLOW RATE; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IODINE; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POWDERS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SULFUR;

BASE LINES; CFD; CHANNEL FLOW; CHEMICAL-; DECOMPOSER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; FLUID FLOW DISTRIBUTION; GROSS FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL CHANNELS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRESSURE DROP; REVERSE FLOW; SULFUR-IODINE; SUPPLY CHANNELS; UNIFORM FLOWS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 48849109291     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2911680     Document Type: Article

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