Investigation of natural convection in triangular enclosure filled with porous medi saturated with water near 4 °C

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1473-1480

  Oztop, Hakan F ^a   Varol, Yasin ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Maximum density; Natural convection; Porous media; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

A DENSITIES; BOTTOM WALLS; BOUSSINESQ; COLD WATERS; DARCY MODELS; DENSITY INVERSIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INCLINED WALLS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; MAXIMUM DENSITY; POROUS MEDIA; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE; VERTICAL WALLS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENCLOSURES; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; WATER ANALYSIS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 64649086905     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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