Dependency of tortuosity on saturated and unsaturated flow within mesh-type wicks

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1449-1457

  Mori, Hidetoshi ^a   Mizuno, Mitsukuni ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary suction potential; Mesh; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Tortuosity; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Wick

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CAPILLARY MODELS; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CAPILLARY ACTION; HEAT PIPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TORTUOSITY; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 1342329613     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.36.1449     Document Type: Article

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