Flow pattern measurements by μ-PIV in the microchannels of a heat exchanger and solutions to the particle fouling problem

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 617-624

  Heinzel, V ^a   Jianu, A ^a   Sauter, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CROSS-FLOW HEAR EXCHANGERS; MICROCHANNELS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 4544310115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2004-2389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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