Laminar mixed convection of humid air in a vertical channel with evaporation or condensation at the wall

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-539

  Hammou, Zouhair Ait ^a   Benhamou, Brahim ^a   Galanis, Nicolas ^b   Orfi, Jamel ^c  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Channel flow; Double diffusion; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHANNEL FLOW; CONDENSATION; COOLING; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER;

AIR COOLING; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; MASS FRACTION; NUMERICAL STUDY;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 2442604516     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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