Hollow carbon beads for significant water evaporation enhancement

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 704-709

  Zeng, Yao ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Yao, Jianfeng ^a   Wang, Huanting ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floatable; Hollow carbon beads; Phase inversion method; Water evaporation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; EVAPORATION;

CARBON BEADS; EVAPORATION RATE; FLOATABLE; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; RECYCLE PROCESS; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; WATER EVAPORATION; WATER SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84904613668     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.05.057     Document Type: Article

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