Cross-Stream Thermal Dispersion in a Staggered Tube Bundle With Crossflow

The investigation of thermal dispersion in tube bundles has shown two things. First, numerical simulations with the k-e turbulence model can accurately represent the molecular and turbulent thermal dispersion in a tube bundle when a turbulent Prandtl number of 0.63 is used. Second, porous body simulations can accurately represent the effects of cross-stream diffusion when an effective thermal conductivity model is used