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This work presents a numerical study of the heat transfer in a refrigerated truck. This study was conducted in COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate asymmetric turbulent flow using Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations. Therefore, we combine two phenomena, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, to analyze air velocity and temperature distribution in the truck.
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The authors extend their acknowledgement to the research component of the German cooperation project GIZ/DKTI IV for supporting the development of this work.
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Ben Taher, M.A., Kousksou, T., Makroum, H., Ahachad, M., Mahdaoui, M. (2020). Numerical Study of a Non-isothermal Refrigerated Truck. In: Ezziyyani, M. (eds) Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019). AI2SD 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1104. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36671-1_43
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