Journal of Thermal Science

, Volume 11, Issue 4, pp 337–347 | Cite as

Phase change heat transfer of biological aggregates

  • Duujong Lee
  • Xiaofeng Peng
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Abstract

This work briefly summarized the recent research efforts made on the phase heat transfer processes involving biological aggregates, with particular attention on the correlation of aggregate structure and state of water with the process efficiency. The phase change processes include boiling, drying, freezing, sintering, pyrolysis, and supercritical extraction, while the former three were discussed in some detail.

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phase-change aggregates fractal structures bound water 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Duujong Lee
    • 1
  • Xiaofeng Peng
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Chemical EngineeringTaiwan UniversityTaipeiTaiwan 10617, China
  2. 2.Thermal Engineering DepartmentTsinghua UniversityBeijingChina

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