Pressure drop caused by abrupt flow area changes in small channels

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-434

  Abdelall, F F ^a   Hahn, G ^a   Ghiaasiaan, S M ^a   Abdel Khalik, S I ^a   Jeter, S S ^a   Yoda, M ^a   Sadowski, D L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction; Correlation; Expansion; Loss coefficients; Mini microchannels; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTROPY; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; FLOW AREA; TUBE DIAMETERS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MICROCHANNEL; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 12444278148     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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