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It is demonstrated that evaporation can be stable when the driving capillary pressure head varies across the thickness of a porous plate. Expressions are proposed which describe the effect of structural features and process conditions on the stability characteristics of this process.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 870–876, November, 1980.
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Khvostov, V.I., Marinichenko, S.K. Stability of the process of evaporation from a porous structure during displacement of the liquid by capillary forces. Journal of Engineering Physics 39, 1230–1235 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00824749
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