PORE-SCALE MODELING OF ENHANCED VAPOR DIFFUSION IN POROUS MEDIA

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1997-R, Issue , 1997, Pages 457-468

  Webb, Stephen W ^a   Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DIFFUSION; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; LINEAR SYSTEMS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONDENSATION/EVAPORATION; DIFFUSION RATE; FREE SPACES; FREE-SPACE VALUES; GAS-PHASES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; PORE-SCALE MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; VAPOUR DIFFUSIONS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 11344289173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1997-0803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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