An experimental study on natural convection from vertical surfaces embedded in porous media

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 214-218

  Rahman, S U ^a   Al Saleh, M A ^a   Sharma, R N ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; REDUCTION;

DARCY'S NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

DARCY LAW; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033966942     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990357f     Document Type: Article

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