Thermal and dynamic optimization of the convective flow in trombe wall shaped channels by numerical investigation

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1393-1407

  Zamora, Blas ^a   Kaiser, Antonio S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; DISCRETE HEAT SOURCES; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IN-CHANNELS; MASS-FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TROMBE WALL; TURBULENCE GENERATORS; WALL SPACING;

COMBUSTORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT CONVECTION; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 70350521448     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-009-0509-6     Document Type: Article

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