Void fraction and two-phase pressure drops for evaporating flow over horizontal tube bundles

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 5-21

  Consolini, Lorenzo ^a   Robinson, Douglas ^a,b   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

FRICTIONAL LOSSES; MOMENTUM COMPONENTS; SHELL-SIDE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33745007381     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630500453832     Document Type: Article

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