Calculation of enhanced water vapour absorption in falling films of libr aqueous solutions using the domain decomposition method

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Castro, J ^a   Leal, L ^a   Soria, M ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption; Advanced surfaces; Free surface; Refrigeration; Subdomain; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ADDITIONAL EQUATIONS; CONTINUUM SURFACE FORCES; FALLING LIQUID FILMS; FREE SURFACES; REFRIGERATING MACHINES; SUBDOMAIN; SURFACE TENSION FORCE;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LIQUID FILMS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VAPORS;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION;

EID: 84893389947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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