Characteristic study of steam maldistribution in horizontal-tube falling film evaporators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 635-647

  Shen, Shengqiang ^a   Gong, Luyuan ^a   Liu, Hua ^a   Mu, Xingsen ^a   Liu, Rui ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Horizontal tube falling film evaporator; Tube side steam maldistribution

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; EVAPORATORS; HEAT FLUX; STEAM; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY;

BOILING POINT ELEVATION; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FALLING FILM EVAPORATORS; FALLING-FILM EVAPORATION; HORIZONTAL-TUBE FALLING-FILM EVAPORATORS; SELF COMPENSATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 84921509144     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.09.081     Document Type: Article

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