A numerical study on growth mechanism of dropwise condensation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2004-2013

  Mei, Maofei ^a   Yu, Boming ^a   Zou, Mingqing ^a   Luo, Liang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dropwise condensation; Fractal; Growth exponent; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPWISE CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; GROWTH EXPONENT; GROWTH MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RENUCLEATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE DROPLET; SURFACE COVERAGES;

CONDENSATION; FRACTALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROPS;

EID: 79952282291     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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