Enhancement of heat exchange in a wavy channel linked to a porous domain; a possible duct geometry for fuel cells

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-120

  Heidary, H ^a   Kermani, M J ^b  

^a MAPNA Group   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Fuel cell geometry; Porous medium; Wavy channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL INLETS; COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; CONTROL VOLUMES; DARCY NUMBER; FIELD ANALYSIS; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT EXCHANGE; IN-CHANNELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POROUS DOMAIN; POROUS MEDIUM; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVY CHANNELS; WAVY-CHANNEL; WIDE SPECTRUM;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84855339681     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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