Numerical investigation of pressure drop reduction without surrendering heat transfer enhancement in partially porous channel

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1649-1662

  Zehforoosh, A ^a   Hossainpour, S ^a  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Laminar flow; Permeability; Porous medium; Pressure drop reduction

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WALL; DARCY NUMBER; DARCY-BRINKMAN; ENERGY EQUATION; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW MODEL; FLUID FIELD; FORCED CONVECTION LAMINAR FLOW; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROUS BLOCKS; POROUS CHANNEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE FIELD; THERMAL FIELD; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77955417614     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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