Water drop movement on woven fiber mat surfaces due to flow of diesel fuel

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-130

  Fang, Jia ^a   Aljuhani, Abdulwahab ^a,b   Chase, George G ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b YANBU INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Drag force; Drop motion; Woven fiber mat

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FIBERS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLOCCULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FUELS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PORE SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WEAVING; WETTING;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DRAG FORCES; DROP MOTIONS; FUEL CONTAMINATION; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL FUELS; WOVEN FIBER MAT;

DROPS;

EID: 84978791325     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.07.012     Document Type: Article

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