Heat and mass transfer for liquid film evaporation along a vertical plate covered with a thin porous layer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1937-1945

  Leu, Jin Sheng ^a   Jang, Jiin Yuh ^b   Chou, Yin ^b  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Liquid film evaporation; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LEWIS NUMBER; LIQUID FILM EVAPORATION; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

EVAPORATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33645737813     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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