The relationship between the colburn and silver methods of condenser design

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3147-3156

  Webb, D R ^a   Fahrner, M ^b   Schwaab, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CONDENSATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS;

COLBURN METHOD; CONDENSER DESIGN; CORRECTION FACTOR; GAS FILM HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LEWIS NUMBER; SILVER METHOD;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS);

EID: 0030268795     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00001-4     Document Type: Article

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