Dropwise cooling: Experimental tests by infrared thermography and numerical simulations

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1391-1397

  Tartarini, P ^a   Corticelli, M A ^a   Tarozzi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Droplet cooling; Heat transfer; Infrared thermography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BLACK COATINGS; COOLING; DROP FORMATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

BARIUM FLUORIDES; CONTACT TEMPERATURES; DROPLET COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FINITE VOLUMES; HIGH TRANSMITTANCES; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES; LONG WAVE INFRARED; NUMERICAL CODES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PRESENT STAGES; RADIATIVE HEATING; SOLID MATERIALS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; SOLID SURFACES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENERGIES; WATER DROPLETS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 60649099774     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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