Refrigerant flow regime detection with a capacitance void fraction sensor

Collection of Technical Papers - 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 818-832

  De Paepe, M ^a   Caniere H ^a   T'Joen, C ^a   Steeman, H J ^a   Willockx, A ^a   Christians, M ^b   Van Rooyen, E ^b   Liebenberg, L ^b   Meyer, J P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATORS; SENSORS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW REGIME DETECTION; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL VIDEOGRAPHY; VOID FRACTION;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 33845547388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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