Effects of liquid properties on pressure drop of two-phase gas-liquid flows through a microchannel

International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 479-486

  Kawahara, Akimaro ^a   Sadatomi, Michio ^a   Okayama, Kazuya ^a   Kawaji, Masahiro ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; FRICTION; NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WATER;

KANDLIKAR CLASSIFICATION; MICROCHANNELS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 1242286640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2003-1058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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