Experimental study on a simple Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube

The Use of the Expansion of Gases in a Centrifugal Field as Cooling Process

R. Hilsch · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1947 · 506 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerodynamics +9

Secondary flow in a vortex tube

B. Ahlborn, Stuart Groves · Fluid Dynamics Research · 1997 · 171 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Aerodynamics +13

The vortex tube as a classic thermodynamic refrigeration cycle

B. Ahlborn, Jeffrey M. Gordon · Journal of Applied Physics · 2000 · 151 citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +17

The Ranque effect

Alexànder Gutsol · Physics-Uspekhi · 1997 · 103 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Fluid Mechanics +3

Vortex tube optimization theory

Jeffery Lewins, Adrian Bejan · Energy · 1999 · 78 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Aerodynamics +6