Three dimensional simulation for steady annular condensation in rectangular microchannels

Huagong Xuebao/Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering (China)

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1923-1929

  Chen, Yongping ^a   Wu, Jiafeng ^a   Shi, Mingheng ^a   Zhang, Chengbin ^a   Xiao, Chunmei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annular condensation; Rectangular microchannel; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIQUID FILMS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ANNULAR CONDENSATION; ANNULAR FLOWS; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CROSS SECTIONING; CURVATURE RADIUS; FILM-THICKNESS; HEAT TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENT; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNEL; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SIMULATION; THIN LIQUID FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 50049090934     PISSN: 04381157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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