Convective heat and mass transfer coefficient measurements and correlations for particle beds using temperature and humidity step changes with air flow through a test bed

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3476-3485

  Nie, Xiaodong ^a   Besant, Robert W ^a   Evitts, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Packed bed; Particle; Porous media; Transient response

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BIOT NUMBER; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CONVECTION COEFFICIENTS; CONVECTIVE COEFFICIENT; CONVECTIVE HEAT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; INLET TEMPERATURE; NEW CORRELATIONS; PARTICLE; PARTICLE BEDS; POROUS MEDIA; RESPONSE TIME CONSTANT; STEP CHANGES; SURFACE ADSORPTION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; THERMAL INTERACTION; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

AIR; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; GAS ADSORPTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOISTURE; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; UREA; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649408731     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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