Monte Carlo simulation and experimental heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1249-1259

  Khayet, M ^a   Imdakm, A O ^b   Matsuura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct contact membrane distillation; Heat and mass transfer; Monte Carlo; Network model; Temperature polarization

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; CYLINDRICAL PORES; DEVELOPED MODEL; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; GAS TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MEMBRANE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE PORES; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NETWORK MODELS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SIMULATED RESULTS; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; VAPOR FLUXES;

DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 74549143351     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.043     Document Type: Article

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