PIV measurement of the flow field in a domestic refrigerator model: Comparison with 3D simulations

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1328-1340

  Ben Amara, S ^a   Laguerre, O ^a   Charrier Mojtabi, M C ^b   Lartigue, B ^b   Flick, D ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Air; Comparison; Computational fluid dynamics; Domestic refrigerator; Imaging; Measurement; Particle; Simulation; Velocity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ENCLOSURES; EVAPORATORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPARISON; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR; IMAGING; PARTICLE; SIMULATION;

AIR;

EID: 55249124313     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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