Measurement of heat transfer during drop-wise condensation of water on polyethylene

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-201

  Bansal, Gagan Deep ^a   Khandekar, Sameer ^a   Muralidhar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Drop wise condensation; Heat transfer; Liquid crystal thermography

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION PROCESS; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SHAPE; DROP SIZE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; LIMITING FACTORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; LOCAL HEAT FLUX; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PENDANT DROP; POLYETHYLENE SUBSTRATES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL RESISTANCE;

CONDENSATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DATA VISUALIZATION; DROP FORMATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOFLUIDICS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THERMOPLASTICS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUALIZATION;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 68949105405     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567260903077751     Document Type: Article

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