An analysis of two-phase flow stability in a thermosyphon with tube separator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-455

  Lin, Lanchao ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Thermosyphon; Tube separator; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEPARATORS; STABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

THERMOSYPHON; TUBE SEPARATOR;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032092845     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(97)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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