A Thermochromic Liquid Crystals Image Analysis technique to investigate temperature polarization in spacer-filled channels for Membrane Distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-273

  Tamburini, A ^a   Pito P ^a   Cipollina, A ^a   Micale, G ^a   Ciofalo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital Image Analysis; Membrane Distillation; Spacer filled channel; Temperature Polarization; Thermochromic Liquid Crystals

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; SPACER-FILLED CHANNELS; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTILLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTAL;

EID: 84883025267     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.043     Document Type: Article

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