Swirling performance of flow-driven rotating mixing vane toward critical heat flux enhancement

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 1216-1229

  Seo, Han ^a   Park, Seong Dae ^a   Seo, Seok Bin ^a   Heo, Hyo ^a   Bang, In Cheol ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CHF enhancement; Fixed split vane; Moving rotational vane; Spacer grid

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHF ENHANCEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; ENHANCING HEAT TRANSFER; FIXED SPLIT VANE; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; MOVING ROTATIONAL VANE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SPACER GRID;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84935029483     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.06.041     Document Type: Article

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