The pressure drop in microtubes and the correlation development

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1804-1812

  Hwang, Yun Wook ^a   Kim, Min Soo ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Microtube; Pressure drop; Two phase frictional multiplier

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIAMETER; FRICTION FACTORS; MICROTUBES; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL MULTIPLIERS;

HEAT PIPES;

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT PIPES; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646015341     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.10.040     Document Type: Article

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