A comparison of modelling methods for polydispersed wet-steam flow

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 819-834

  White, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condensation; Nucleation; Size distribution; Two phase flow; Wet steam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOZZLES; NUCLEATION; SHOCK WAVES; SUPERSONIC FLOW; TRANSONIC FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

TERTIARY NUCLEATIONS;

STREAM FLOW;

CONDENSATION; MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEAM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037931874     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.705     Document Type: Article

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