Bounds on two-phase frictional pressure gradient in minichannels and microchannels

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006

Volumn 2006 B, Issue , 2006, Pages 1137-1145

  Awad, M M ^a,b   Muzychka, Y S ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ASME   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WORKING FLUID PRESSURE INDICATORS;

FRICTIONAL PRESSURE GRADIENT; LOCKHART MARTINELLI PARAMETER (X); MICROCHANNELS; MINICHANNELS; TAITEL AND DUKLER APPROACH;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 33846972328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icnmm2006-96174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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