Buoyancy-induced flows and phase-change heat transfer in a vertical capillary structure with symmetric heating

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2653-2661

  Zhao, T S ^a,b   Cheng, P ^a   Wang, C Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy induced flow; Capillary driven flow; Heat transfer; Multiphase flow; Phase change; Porous media

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT FLUX; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUOYANCY-INDUCED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BUOYANCY; CAPILLARY FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0034615855     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00530-8     Document Type: Article

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