CFD study on flow distribution uniformity in fuel distributors having multiple structural bifurcations of flow channels

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 9186-9198

  Liu, Hong ^a   Li, Peiwen ^a   Lew, Jon Van ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; Flow distributor; Flow uniformity; Fuel cells; Reactors

Indexed keywords

CFD ANALYSIS; FLOW CHANNELS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW DISTRIBUTOR; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW UNIFORMITY; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; FUEL DISTRIBUTORS; FUEL PROCESSING; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL DEVICES; INDUSTRIAL REACTORS; LOW PRESSURES; MULTIPLE LEVELS; NOVEL METHODS; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; ON FLOW; PARALLEL CHANNEL; QUICK SCHEME; REACTORS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; STRUCTURAL BIFURCATION; UNIFORM FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; VELOCITY FIELD;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW CONTROL; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956389822     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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