Polymeric hollow fiber heat exchangers: An alternative for lower temperature applications

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 8093-8106

  Zarkadas, Dimitrios M ^a   Sirkar, Kamalesh K ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COSTS; ETHANOL; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE DROP;

METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS (NTU); PLASTIC HEAT EXCHANGERS; POLYMERIC HOLLOW FIBER HEAT EXCHANGERS (PHFHE);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ALCOHOL; METAL; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; WATER;

HEAT EXCHANGER; HOLLOW FIBER; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY TEST;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECONOMICS; FOULING CONTROL; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HOLLOW FIBER; LOW TEMPERATURE; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT;

EID: 6344271229     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie040143k     Document Type: Article

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