Flow frictional characteristics of microencapsulated phase change material suspensions flowing through rectangular minichannels

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-456

  Rao, Yu ^a,b   Dammel, Frank ^b   Stephan, Peter ^b   Lin, Guiping ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Microencapsulated phase change material suspension; Rectangular minichannel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ENCAPSULATION; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP;

FRICTION FACTORS; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SUSPENSION; RECTANGULAR MINICHANNELS; TRANSITIONAL FLOWS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 33750145819     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-006-0445-3     Document Type: Article

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