Falling film transitions between droplet, column, and sheet flow modes on a vertical array of horizontal 19 FPI and 40 FPI Low-Finned tubes

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 40-45

  Roques, Jean Francois ^a   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; EVAPORATORS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER;

FALLING FILM CONDENSERS; FLOW MODE TRANSITIONS; INTERTUBE FLOW;

PIPE FLOW;

EID: 0344983931     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714044413     Document Type: Article

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