A distributed-parameter model of black liquor falling film evaporators. Part I. Modeling of a single plate

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1925-1937

  Stefanov, Z ^a   Hoo, K A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EVAPORATOR; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELING; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; FILM; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PAPER INDUSTRY; PARAMETER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PULP PROCESSING; SCALE UP; SOLID; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EVAPORATORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037473580     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020483a     Document Type: Article

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