Numerical analysis of the curvature effects on Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube refrigerators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 176-183

  Bovand, Masoud ^a   Valipour, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Dincer, Kevser ^b,c   Tamayol, Ali ^d  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Curved vortex tube; Energy separation; Ranque Hilsch tube; Refrigeration; Vortex tube

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELING; CURVATURE ANGLE; CURVATURE EFFECT; EFFECT OF CURVATURE; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; HEATING AND COOLING; K-E TURBULENCE MODEL; RANQUE-HILSCH VORTEX TUBE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84893412584     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.045     Document Type: Article

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