Evaporative heat and mass transfer from the free surface of a liquid wicked into a bed of spheres

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 3440-3447

  Migliaccio, Christopher P ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Heat pipe; Liquid vapor interface; Phase change; Sintered material; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONTACT LINES; COPPER SUBSTRATES; FEEDING RATE; FREE SURFACES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LIQUID LEVEL; LIQUID THICKNESS; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; MENISCUS PROFILE; MENISCUS SHAPE; MICROREGIONS; PACKED ARRAYS; PHASE CHANGE; SATURATED VAPOR; SINTERED MATERIALS; SYRINGE PUMPS; WICKING;

COPPER; ENCLOSURES; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FILM THICKNESS; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINTERING; SPHERES; SURFACES; VAPORS; VISUALIZATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79956211125     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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