Numerical study of liquid slug stability during adiabatic two phase flow inside a minichannel

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 1631-1638

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Allen, J S ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; RIVERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADIABATIC TWO-PHASE FLOWS; AIR FLOW-RATE; CAPILLARY FORCE; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; LEVEL-SET TECHNIQUES; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SURFACE INSTABILITY; LIQUID MENISCUS; LIQUID SLUG STABILITY;

LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 44249109277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-43418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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