Flow rate distribution in evaporating parallel pipes-modeling and experimental

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7249-7259

  Minzer, Uri ^a   Barnea, Dvora ^a   Taitel, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Direct steam generation; Evaporation; Parallel pipes; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; STEADY FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIRECT STEAM GENERATION; FLOW RATE DISTRIBUTION; PARALLEL PIPES;

PIPE FLOW;

EVAPORATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR COLLECTORS; STEADY FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33750457701     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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