An inverse technique to determine volatile organic compounds diffusion and partition coefficients in dry building material

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 834-842

  Li, F ^a   Niu, J L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS; VISCOSITY;

DRY BUILDING MATERIAL; PARITION COEFFICIENTS; SCHMIDT NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 21644486021     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-004-0614-5     Document Type: Article

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