Valuable reconsideration in the constructal design of cavities

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-40

  Hajmohammadi, M R ^a   Poozesh, S ^a   Campo, A ^b   Nourazar, S S ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity; Constructal theory; Hot spot; Level of complexity; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; CONSTRUCTAL THEORY; HOT SPOT; LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84868459777     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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