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Electrode Design and Its Placement, Enhancement of Single-Phase Gas and Liquid Flow, Theoretical Studies

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Electric Fields, Additives and Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Heat Transfer Enhancement

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The electrohydrodynamic technique applied to liquid and gas flows to achieve heat transfer augmentation has been discussed in this chapter. The effect of electrode design and its placement in the flow on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics is presented in detail. Also, the numerical investigations carried out in this area are reported.

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Saha, S.K., Ranjan, H., Emani, M.S., Bharti, A.K. (2020). Electrode Design and Its Placement, Enhancement of Single-Phase Gas and Liquid Flow, Theoretical Studies. In: Electric Fields, Additives and Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Heat Transfer Enhancement. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20773-1_2

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