Heat transfer characteristics in horizontal tube bundles for falling film evaporation in multi-effect desalination system

Desalination

Volumn 375, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-137

  Abraham, Raju ^a   Mani, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Dry out; Falling film evaporation; Local and average heat transfer coefficient; Mass evaporation; Single tube; Tube bundle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

AVERAGE HEAT TRANSFERS; DRY-OUT; FALLING-FILM EVAPORATION; SINGLE TUBES; TUBE BUNDLE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84944044600     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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