Interfacial area transport equation: Model development and benchmark experiments

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 3111-3123

  Ishii, M ^a   Kim, S ^a   Uhle, J ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial area transport equation; Number transport; One group transport; Two fluid model; Two group transport; Void fraction transport

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EQUATION; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; MODEL; TRANSPORT; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037141610     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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