Experimental study on two-phase flow and pressure drop in millimeter-size channels

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 14-15, 2006, Pages 1506-1514

  Pehlivan, K ^a   Hassan, I ^a   Vaillancourt, M ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental data; Flow regimes; Pressure drop; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW REGIMES; PLUG FLOWS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33646379106     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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