Oscillating flow in a stirling engine heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 45-46, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-23

  Kuosa, M ^a   Saari, K ^a   Kankkunen, A ^a   Tveit, T M ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Single Phase Power AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Oscillating flow; Slotted and non circular tubes; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PROCEDURE; CARNOT EFFICIENCY; CIRCULAR TUBES; CIRCUMFERENTIAL SLOTS; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW CORRELATION; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; NON-CIRCULAR; NON-CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; PRESSURE LOSS; PUMPING LOSS; SHAFT POWER; TRIANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; TUBULAR HEATERS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OSCILLATING FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STIRLING ENGINES;

EID: 84861204223     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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