Predicting the influence of compressibility and thermal and flow distribution asymmetry on the frequency-response characteristics of multitube two-phase condensing flow systems

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 196-200

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

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; Two phase; Unsteady

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0034078569     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.521457     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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2. Wedekind, G. L., Kobus, C. J., and Bhatt, B. L., 1997, "Modeling the Characteristics of Thermally Governed Transient Flow Surges in Multitube Two-Phase Condensing Flow Systems With Compressibility and Thermal and Flow Distribution Asymmetry," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 119, No. 3, pp. 534-543.
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5. Kobus, C. J., 1998, "Application of the System Mean Void Fraction Model in Formulating an Equivalent Single-Tube Model for Predicting Various Transient and Unstable Flow Phenomena Associated with Horizontal Multitube Two-Phase Condensing Flow Systems With and Without the Effects of Compressibility, Inertia, and Thermal and Flow Distribution Asymmetry," Ph.D. thesis,Oakland University, Rochester, MI.