Flow velocities in an experimental kettle reboiler determined by particle image velocimetry

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1000-1016

  Burnside, B M ^a   Miller, K M ^a,b   McNeil, D A ^a   Bruce, T ^a,c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Phase flow; Heat transfer; Kettle reboiler; PIV

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COEFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION; MASS FLOWRATES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

REBOILERS;

FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETER; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 13644277966     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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