Experimental study of the flow structure in a counter flow Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 5853-5860

  Xue, Yunpeng ^a   Arjomandi, Maziar ^a   Kelso, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forced and free vortex; Ranque effect; Ranque Hilsch vortex tube; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; COUNTER-FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW PROPERTIES; FREE VORTICES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; INLET NOZZLES; RANQUE EFFECT; RANQUE-HILSCH VORTEX TUBE; TEMPERATURE SEPARATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY; VORTEX TRANSFORMATION;

FLOW STRUCTURE; INLET FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84864280025     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.081     Document Type: Article

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