Numerical simulation of turbulent fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in heat exchangers fitted with porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 2956-2965

  Yang, Yue Tzu ^a   Hwang, Ming Lu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Numerical calculation; Porous media; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

AXI-SYMMETRIC; DARCY NUMBERS; FLOW DIRECTIONS; FLUID FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POROUS LAYERS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUMS; RADIUS RATIOS; TURBULENT FLUID FLOWS; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFERS; TURBULENT MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PIPE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 64749111467     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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