Investigation of four geometrical parameters on thermal stratification of cold water tanks by exergy analysis

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-345

  Farmahini Farahani, Moien ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Cold storage tanks; Computational fluid dynamics; Exergy analysis; Second law of thermodynamics; Thermal storage; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COLD STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXERGY; GEOMETRY; HEAT STORAGE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOUNDARY AND INITIAL CONDITIONS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; STORAGE TANK; THERMAL STORAGE; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

WATER TANKS;

EID: 84862076266     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2012.046814     Document Type: Article

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