Experimental study of flow patterns, pressure drop and flow instabilities in parallel rectangular minichannels

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 475-482

  Balasubramanian, Prabhu ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW INSTABILITIES; MINICHANNELS; TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 4544320585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2004-2371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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