Optimization of high-pressure shell-and-tube heat exchanger for syngas cooling in an IGCC

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 4543-4551

  Li, Yan ^a   Jiang, Xiumin ^a   Huang, Xiangyong ^a   Jia, Jigang ^a   Tong, Jianhui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; IGCC; Syngas

Indexed keywords

CFD; FLUENT SOFTWARE; FLUID FLOW; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER; OPERATING PRESSURE; OPERATION PRESSURE; POROSITY RATE; PRESSURE SHELLS; SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS COOLING; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 77955512473     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.038     Document Type: Article

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