Heat and mass transfer processes between a water spray and ambient air - I. Experimental data

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Sureshkumar, R ^a   Kale, S R ^a   Dhar, P L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Counter flow; Droplet; Evaporative cooling; Experiment; Parallel flow; Water spray

Indexed keywords

DROPS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COUNTER FLOW; PARALLEL FLOW; WATER PRESSURE; WATER SPRAY;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38349090563     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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