Discrete models of liquid-vapour phase change phenomena in porous media

Revue Generale de Thermique

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 954-961

  Prat, Marc ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary evaporator; Invasion percolation; Liquid vapour phase change; Pore network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343716772     PISSN: 00353159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3159(98)80019-6     Document Type: Article

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