CFD analysis on the influence of helical carving in a vortex flow solar reactor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6248-6260

  Ozalp, Nesrin ^a   Jayakrishna, D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Carving; CFD; Hydrogen; Solar cracking; Solar reactor; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

CARBON PARTICLE; CFD; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CRACKING PROCESS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLUID FLOW; GLOBAL ABSORPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; REACTION CHAMBERS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP THEORY; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SOLAR REACTORS; SOLAR THERMAL; SWIRL FLOW; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR;

ALGEBRA; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS ABSORPTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955151682     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.100     Document Type: Article

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