Heat and mass transfer with phase change in a rectangular enclosure packed with unsaturated porous material

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Liu, W ^a   Huang, X M ^a   Riffat, S B ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0037325750     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-002-0301-3     Document Type: Article

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