Dehumidification heat transfer on copper surfaces

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7858-7864

  Thomas, Abhay Varghese ^a   Koratkar, Nikhil ^a   Peles, Yoav ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; Dehumidification; Heat transfer; Humid air

Indexed keywords

COPPER SURFACE; DEHUMIDIFICATION; DROPWISE CONDENSATION; FILMWISE CONDENSATION; HIGH HUMIDITY; HUMID AIR; HUMIDITY LEVELS; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

COPPER; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 84867566125     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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