Pressure drop and visualization of R-134a two-phase flow in a rectangular microchannel

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 109 PART 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 703-710

  Tu, Xiao ^a   Hrnjak, Predrag S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MASS FLUX; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNEL;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 0038339987     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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