Experimental study of laminar forced convective mass transfer and pressure drop in microtubes

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1894-1900

  Sara, O N ^a   Barlay Ergu, Ö ^a   Arzutug, M E ^a   Yapici, S ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Convective mass transfer; Friction factor; Microtube

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER; DISTILLED WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL LIMITING DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FORCED CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER; FRICTION FACTOR; FRICTION FACTORS; MICRO-TUBES; MICROTUBE; POISEUILLE FLOW; SHERWOOD NUMBERS;

DROPS; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 67849122302     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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