Heatline based thermal management for natural convection within right-angled porous triangular enclosures with various thermal conditions of walls

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4879-4896

  Anandalakshmi, R ^a   Kaluri, Ram Satish ^a   Basak, Tanmay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Darcy Forchheimer model; Heatlines; Linear heating; Natural convective flow; Porous media; Right angled triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DARCY-FORCHHEIMER MODEL; HEATLINES; LINEAR HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

ENCLOSURES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTION; DARCY LAW; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT FLOW; HEATING; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79961022348     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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