Analysis of steady convective heating for molten materials processing within trapezoidal enclosures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8652-8666

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Natarajan, E ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIQUID METALS; METAL MELTING; METALS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETABLE OILS;

BOTTOM WALLS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; FLOW INTENSITIES; HEAT TRANSFER RATES; INCLINATION ANGLES; ISOTHERMAL SIDEWALLS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFERS; MATERIAL PROCESSING; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MODEL FLUIDS; MOLTEN METALS; NONUNIFORM HEATING; OLIVE OILS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SALT WATERS; SECONDARY CIRCULATIONS; TILT ANGLES;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 57349155121     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800263c     Document Type: Article

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