Correlations for film regeneration and air dehumidification for a falling desiccant film with air in crossflow

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 634-641

  Park, M ^a   Howell, J R ^a   Vliet, G C ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Mass transfer; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

CROSSFLOW; FALLING FILMS; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 3743095954     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822679     Document Type: Article

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