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Rate of evaporation from the free surface of a heated liquid

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A method and an experimental setup are developed for determining the intensity of evaporation from the free surface of water. During the measurement, the ambient air velocity and the water temperature can be varied. The mass and temperature of water, as well as the temperature, pressure, and humidity of the ambient air are measured as functions of time. The evaporation rates are calculated from the measured and recorded data in the cases of natural and forced convection.

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  1. Department of Building Services and Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111, Budapest, Hungary

    M. Örvös, V. Szabó & T. Poós

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 168–179, November–December, 2016.

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Örvös, M., Szabó, V. & Poós, T. Rate of evaporation from the free surface of a heated liquid. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 57, 1108–1117 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894416060195

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