EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL HEAT CONDUCTION ON ROTARY REGENERATORS

Abstract

The general differential equations describing the behavior of the rotary regenerator including longitudinal heat conduction in the direction of fluid flow are sufficiently complicated to preclude a complete analytical solution. A few solutions found in the literature restricted to very special cases are discussed. A numerical finite difference method is presented which will determine the effect of longitudinal heat conduction in rotary regenerators for steady state conditions. In the development no assumptions are made which would restrict the range of parameters for which the analysis would be applicable. The conduction effect on the regenerator effectiveness was evaluated with the view of obtaining results most useful for the gas turbine regenerator problem; however, these results may also be used for other regenerator problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0480916

Entities

People

  • Gustavo D. Bahnke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Digital Computers
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Turbine Regenerators
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Balance
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Steady State

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.