Numerical analyses of high Reynolds number flow of high pressure fuel gas through rough pipes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 7568-7579

  Cadorin, Margherita ^a   Morini, Mirko ^a   Pinelli, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogas; CFD; Equation of state; Hydrogen; Natural gas; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CFD; CFD ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL CODES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EQUATION OF STATE; FUEL GAS; FUEL TRANSPORTATIONS; GASEOUS FUEL; GRID SENSITIVITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE GAS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; IDEAL GAS; MASS FLOW; MODEL APPLICATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PIPE WALLS; REDLICH-KWONG EQUATION; TEST CASE;

BIOGAS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; FUELS; GASES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE; PRISMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953917547     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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