Numerical analysis for curved vortex tube optimization

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-107

  Bovand, Masoud ^a   Valipour, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Eiamsa Ard, Smith ^b   Tamayol, Ali ^c  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Curvature; Ranque Hilsch vortex tube; Swirl flow; Thermal separation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPRESSED AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE MODELS;

AXIAL VELOCITY COMPONENT; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CURVATURE; RANQUE-HILSCH VORTEX TUBE; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SWIRL FLOW; THERMAL SEPARATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CFD MODEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84893357009     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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