Free heat and mass transfer in a porous enclosure with side vents

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-104

  Zhao, Fu Yun ^a   Liu, Di ^a,b   Wang, Han Qing ^a,c   Kou, Guang Xiao ^a   Tang, Guang Fa ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cfd; Heat and mass transfer; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY RATIO; CONVECTIVE HEAT; DARCY NUMBER; DRYING PROCESS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER; HEAT LINES; HEATED WALL; MOIST AIR; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS ENCLOSURE; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TRANSFER RATES; TRANSPORT RATE; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE CONTROL; POROUS MATERIALS; VENTS;

ENCLOSURES;

EID: 84856550939     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.482701     Document Type: Article

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