A fractal model for the coupled heat and mass transfer in porous fibrous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1400-1409

  Zhu, Q Y ^a   Xie, M H ^a   Yang, J ^a   Li, Y ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fractal model; Heat and mass transfer; Porous fibrous media

Indexed keywords

COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; DARCY'S LAW; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIBROUS MEDIA; FRACTAL CHARACTER; FRACTAL MODEL; HAGEN-POISEUILLE'S LAW; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; IN-FIBER; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUID WATER; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS MEDIA; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; VOID SPACE; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION; VOID FRACTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 78751642322     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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