Flow-through drying of porous media

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2367-2380

  Mahadevan, Jagannathan ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^b   Yortsos, Yannis C ^c  

^a The University of Tulsa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE DRYING; GAS COMPRESSIBILITY; LIQUID SATURATION; VISCOUS PRESSURE DROP;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOUS FLOW;

EVAPORATION;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DRYING; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33745748183     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10859     Document Type: Article

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