Modeling of parallel-plate regenerators with non-uniform plate distributions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 5065-5072

  Jensen, Jesper B ^a   Engelbrecht, Kurt ^a   Bahl, Christian R H ^a   Pryds, Nini ^a   Nellis, Gregory F ^b   Klein, Sanford A ^b   Elmegaard, Brian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Modeling simulation; Non uniform; Performance; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WIDTHS; DISTRIBUTION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MODELING SIMULATION; NONUNIFORM; NONUNIFORM PLATE; NONUNIFORMITY; PARALLEL PLATES; PERFORMANCE; SPACING DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; VOID VOLUME; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 77956062450     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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