Unsteady numerical simulation of the cooling process of vertical storage tanks under laminar natural convection

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 708-721

  Rodriguez I ^a   Castro, J ^a   Perez Segarra C D ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; Storage tanks; Unsteady natural convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CFD SIMULATIONS; DISCRETISATION; FLOW CONDITIONING; FLUID TEMPERATURES; POST-PROCESSING; PREDICTION MODELING; STORAGE TANKS; TRANSIENT COOLING; UNSTEADY NATURAL CONVECTION; UNSTEADY NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VERTICAL CYLINDERS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 58749112211     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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