Analysis of heat recovery and heat transfer within entrapped porous triangular cavities via heatline approach

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3655-3669

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Ramakrishna, D ^a   Pandey, B D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat recovery; Heatlines; Isotherms; Natural convection; Penalty finite element method; Porous medium; Streamlines; Triangular cavity

Indexed keywords

HEAT RECOVERY; HEATLINES; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; POROUS MEDIUM; TRIANGULAR CAVITIES;

DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; RECOVERY; SPECIFIC HEAT; WASTE HEAT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77954533910     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.040     Document Type: Article

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