Qualitative investigation of the flow behaviour during falling film evaporation of a dairy product

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-19

  Gourdon, Mathias ^a   Innings, Fredrik ^b   Jongsma, Alfred ^b   Vamling, Lennart ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Tetra Pak CPS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Evaporation; Falling film; Flow characteristics; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

DAIRY INDUSTRY; DRY SOLIDS; EVAPORATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FALLING FILM; FALLING-FILM EVAPORATION; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

EID: 84906872004     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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