Numerical simulation of the fouling process

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-334

  Brahim, Fahmi ^a   Augustin, Wolfgang ^a   Bohnet, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Crystallization fouling; Heat and mass transfer; Modeling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037374257     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(02)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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