Study into nucleation of steam during expansion through a nozzle

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1171-1188

  Cinar, G ^a   Yilbas, B S ^b   Sunar, M ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Droplet formation; Expansion through a nozzle; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEAM; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

WILSON PRESSURE;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 0031270376     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9322(97)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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