Distribution of air-water annular flow in a header of a parallel flow heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 977-992

  Kim, Nae Hyun ^a   Han, Sung Pil ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air water flow; Annular flow; Flow distribution; Header; Parallel flow heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MASS TRANSFER;

AIR-WATER FLOW; ANNULAR FLOW; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; PARALLEL FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 39149083749     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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