Computational method and design of a packed bed diffusion tower for the desalination of seawater

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 2003, Issue , 2003, Pages 593-595

  Klausner, James F ^a   Darwish, Mohamed Y ^a   Mei, Renwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Diffusion tower; Heat and mass transfer; Packed bed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS; THROUGHPUT;

DIFFUSION TOWERS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER;

DESALINATION;

EID: 1842627635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht2003-47438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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