Ejector primary nozzle steam condensation: Area ratio effects and mixing layer development

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 519-527

  Ariafar, Kavous ^a   Buttsworth, David ^a   Sharifi, Navid ^b   Malpress, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CFD; Mixing; Nozzle; Nucleation; Steam condensation; Steam ejector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; EJECTORS (PUMPS); GAS DYNAMICS; MIXING; NUCLEATION; STEAM CONDENSERS; NOZZLES;

ENHANCED MIXING; ENTRAINMENT RATIO; IDEAL GAS MODEL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRIMARY NOZZLES; STATIC PRESSURE; STEAM CONDENSATION; STEAM EJECTOR; AREA RATIOS; MIXING LAYERS;

NOZZLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84905185399     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.06.038     Document Type: Article

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