Numerical investigation of metal-foam filled liquid piston compressor using a two-energy equation formulation based on experimentally validated models

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

Volumn 8 B, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Wieberdink, Jacob H ^a   Shirazi, Farzad A ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Simon, Terrence W ^a   Li, Perry Y ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOAMS; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALS; MIXTURES; PISTONS; RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; INSTANTANEOUS PRESSURES; INTERFACIAL HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TWO-ENERGY EQUATION MODEL; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84903456521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2013-63854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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