Numerical investigation of boiling flow of nitrogen in a vertical tube using the two-fluid model

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2425-2432

  Li, Xiangdong ^a   Wang, Rongshun ^a   Huang, Rongguo ^a   Shi, Yumei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubbly flow; Nitrogen; Nucleate boiling; Numerical simulation; The two fluid model

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ACTIVE SITE DENSITY; BUBBLY FLOW; CFX CODE; THE TWO-FLUID MODEL;

NITROGEN;

EID: 33745239612     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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