Flow-regime-based model for pressure drop predictions in microchannels

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-34

  Niño, Victor G ^a   Jassim, Emad W ^b   Hrnjak, Predrag S ^b   Newell, Ty A ^b  

^a Modine Manufacturing Company   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; INTERMITTENT FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP MODEL; WEBER NUMBER;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 33644656267     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2006.10391165     Document Type: Article

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