Flow boiling and flow regimes in small diameter tubes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1225-1239

  Huo, X ^a   Chen, L ^a   Tian, Y S ^b   Karayiannis, T G ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Flow pattern; Heat transfer; Small diameter; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; ENTHALPY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRAULICS; NUCLEATE BOILING; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLOW BOILING; SMALL DIAMETERS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 1842419433     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.11.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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