Share

A NUMERICAL FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A PERIODIC FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER.

Author(s) : LI C. H.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE METHOD PRESENTED HERE USES A COLUMN OF ELEMENTS TO COMPUTE THE FLUIDS AND METAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS, AND IT ALLOWS VARIABLE OR CONSTANT THERMAL PROPERTIES (SPECIFIC HEATS, DENSITIES, HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS, AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES). NONUNIFORM MASS FLOW RATES AND A NONUNIFORM GRID SPACING MAY BE EMPLOYED. THE METHOD REDUCES THE COMPUTATIONAL TIME. AFTER QUALIFYING THE NUMERICAL METHOD, ILLUSTRATIVE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED FOR COUNTERFLOW AND PARALLEL FLOW ROTARY REGENERATORS.

Details

  • Original title: A NUMERICAL FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A PERIODIC FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER.
  • Record ID : 1984-1842
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. Heat Transf. - vol. 105 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1983/08
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

Links


See other articles in this issue (11)
See the source

Indexing