A study of the Sherwood-Rayleigh relation for water undergoing natural convection-driven evaporation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3055-3063

  Bower, S M ^a   Saylor, J R ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Free surface; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF WATERS; EVAPORATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE SURFACE; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIPS; POWER LAWS; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SHERWOOD; SHERWOOD NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; VAPORS;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 64749090446     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.034     Document Type: Article

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