Surface tension effects and enhancement of condensation heat transfer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-429

  Rose, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condensation heat transfer; Dropwise; Enhancement; Microchannels; Pseudo dropwise; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; RESEARCH; SURFACE TENSION;

FINNED TUBES; MICROCHANNELS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNEL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 2442703869     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387604323050128     Document Type: Article

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