Heat transfer in a long, thin tube section of an air compressor: An empirical correlation from CFD and a thermodynamic modeling

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 7, Issue PARTS A, B, C, D, 2012, Pages 1601-1607

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Saadat, Mohsen ^a   Li, Perry Y ^a   Simon, Terrence W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPRESSORS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PISTONS; TEMPERATURE;

A: HONEYCOMB; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; HEAT FLOW RATE; HONEYCOMB GEOMETRY; LIQUID PISTON; PISTON AIR; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING; THIN TUBES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84887305488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-86673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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