Modeling the characteristics of thermally governed transient flow surges in multitube two-phase condensing flow systems with compressibility and thermal and flow distribution asymmetry

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 534-543

  Wedekind, G L ^a   Kobus, C J ^a   Bhatt, B L ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; Multiphase flows; Transient and Unsteady Heat Transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); INTAKE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURGES (FLUID); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EQUIVALENT SINGLE TUBE MODEL (ESTM); MULTITUBE TWO PHASE CONDENSING FLOW SYSTEMS; SYSTEM MEAN VOID FRACTION MODEL;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPRESSIBLE FLUID; CONDENSER; MODELING; SURGE; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031205759     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824134     Document Type: Article

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