Numerical investigation of the integration of heat transfer devices into wind towers

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-48

  Calautit, John Kaiser ^a   Hughes, Ben Richard ^a   Ghani, Saud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; CONTACT TIME; HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE; INTERNAL AIRFLOW; IP PROTECTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; WIND TOWERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84886568427     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1334008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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