Mass and heat transfer analysis of membrane humidifier with a simple lumped mass model

Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 596-603

  Yu, Sangseok ^a   Lee, Youngduk ^a   Bae, Hojune ^a   Hwang, Joonyoung ^a   Ahn, Kookyoung ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Lumped mass model; Membrane humidifier; Water and heat transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249134277     PISSN: 12264881     EISSN: 22885234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3795/KSME-B.2009.33.8.596     Document Type: Article

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