Enhancement of condensation heat transfer by means of passive and active condensate drainage techniques

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-484

  Butrymowicz, Dariusz ^a   Trela, Marian ^a   Karwacki, Jarosław ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Condensate; Condensation; Heat transfer; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER;

CONDENSATE DRAINAGE TECHNIQUES;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 0037409489     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(02)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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