Heat and mass transfer in a randomly packed hollow fiber membrane module: A fractal model approach

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 2921-2931

  Zhang, Li Zhi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal theory; Heat transfer; Hollow fiber membrane module; Mass transfer; Randomly packed

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CONVECTIVE HEAT; CROSS SECTION; FIBER MODULES; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FRACTAL MODEL; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; FRACTAL THEORY; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULES; LOCAL DATA; MASS TRANSFER CORRELATION; NONUNIFORMITY; PACKING DENSITY; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RANDOMLY PACKED; SHELL-SIDE; SHELL-SIDE FLOW; SHERWOOD; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; TRIANGULAR ARRAYS; TUBE ARRAYS; WATER FLOWS;

DETERIORATION; FIBERS; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 79955460625     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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