Numerical study of the heat transfer in wound woven wire matrix of a Stirling regenerator

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-264

  Costa, S C ^a   Barrutia, Harritz ^b   Esnaola, Jon Ander ^b   Tutar, Mustafa ^b,c  

^a CS Centro Stirling S Coop   (Spain)

^b MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer; Nusselt number; Porosity; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION EQUATION; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; STIRLING ENGINE REGENERATORS; STIRLING REGENERATOR; TRANSFER PHENOMENON;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; REGENERATORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIRLING ENGINES; WEAVING;

WIRE;

EID: 84891789703     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.11.055     Document Type: Article

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