Numerical modelling of EHD effects on heat transfer and bubble shapes of nucleate boiling

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 626-638

  Zhang, H B ^a   Yan, Y Y ^b   Zu, Y Q ^b  

^a East China University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubble elongation; EHD; Heat transfer enhancement; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; BODY FORCES; BUBBLE ELONGATION; BUBBLE SHAPES; CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; DEFORMABLE BUBBLES; EHD; ELECTRIC FIELD FORCE; ENERGY EQUATION; FITTED MESH; FLUID FLOW; GAS-LIQUID BOUNDARIES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HORIZONTAL WALLS; INTERFACIAL TREATMENTS; JOULE HEAT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PULL-IN; RADIAL DIRECTION; RING VORTEX; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NUCLEATE BOILING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70350352180     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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