An experimentally optimized model for heat and mass transfer in direct contact membrane distillation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 855-867

  Andrjesdóttir, Ólöf ^a,b   Ong, Chin Lee ^a   Nabavi, Majid ^b   Paredes, Stephan ^a   Khalil, A S G ^c,d   Michel, Bruno ^a   Poulikakos, Dimos ^b  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IBM   (United States)

^d Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Direct contact membrane distillation; Heat and mass transfer; Hydrophobic; Temperature polarization

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HEAT TRANSFER PREDICTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC; LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION;

FORECASTING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84883202353     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.051     Document Type: Article

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