Experimental investigation of CaSO 4 crystallization on a flat plate

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 42-54

  Mwaba, M G ^a,b,c,d   Rindt, C C M ^a   Van Steenhoven, A A ^a   Vorstman, M A G ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ASME   (Japan)

^d Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK FLUID; CALCIUM SULFATE; FLOW VELOCITY; NUCLEATES;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; HEAT RESISTANCE; SUPERSATURATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 33744997672     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630500458187     Document Type: Article

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