Numerical study of the transient cooling process of water storage tanks under heat losses to the environment

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1051-1074

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WALL; COOLING PROCESS; INSULATION THICKNESS; LAMINAR HEAT TRANSFER; MODE OF OPERATIONS; NONDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; TRANSIENT COOLING PROCESS; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION; WATER STORAGE TANKS;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; WATER TANKS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67651204171     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780903014418     Document Type: Article

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