Analysis of single blow effectiveness in non-uniform parallel plate regenerators

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 4746-4751

  Jensen, J B ^a   Bahl, C R H ^a   Engelbrecht, K ^a   Elmegaard, B ^a   Pryds, N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distribution; Modeling; Non uniform; Performance; Regenerator

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LOSS OF PERFORMANCE; NON-UNIFORM; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARALLEL PLATE REGENERATORS; PARALLEL PLATES; PERFORMANCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-SCALES;

ASPECT RATIO;

REGENERATORS;

EID: 79960629874     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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