Effects of porosity on heat and mass transfer in a granular adsorbent bed

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-377

  Demir, Hasan ^a   Mobedi, Moghtada ^a   Ülkü, Semra ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Adsorption heat pump; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELATION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; PUMPS; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ADSORBATE CONCENTRATIONS; ADSORBENT BEDS; ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP; BED POROSITIES; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; GRANULAR ADSORBENTS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MASS-BALANCE EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 62649165830     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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