A critical heat flux correlation for droplet impact cooling at low weber numbers and various ambient pressures

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 975-978

  Healy, W M ^a   Halvorson, P J ^a,b   Hartley, J G ^a   Abdel Khalik, S I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Siemens Nuclear Power Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; DROP FORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW;

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX (CHF) CORRELATION; DROPLET IMPACT COOLING; WEBER NUMBER;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0032010660     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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