Pressure drop with highly subcooled flow boiling in small-diameter tubes

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 202-212

  Tong, Wei ^a,b   Bergles, Arthur E ^a   Jensen, Michael K ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical heat flux; Pressure drop; Small diameter tubes; Subcooled flow boiling; Water

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEMS; MASS FLUX; SUBCOOLED FLOW BOILING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; FLOW; PIPE; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 0031253507     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(97)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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