Issues affecting the reliability of dynamic dip testing as a method to assess the condensate drainage behavior from the air-side surface of dehumidifying heat exchangers

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1512-1522

  Liu, Liping ^a   Jacobi, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensate retention; Contact angle; Drainage behavior; Dynamic dip testing; Heat exchangers; Wettability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CONTACT ANGLE; DATA VISUALIZATION; DRAINAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURFACE TESTING; TESTING; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR-SIDE SURFACE; CONDENSATE RETENTION; DRAINAGE BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC DIP TESTING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; RECEDING CONTACTS; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TEST RESULTS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; WETTABILITY; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS; WIND-TUNNEL;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 49649103974     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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