An experimental investigation on pressure drop of steam condensing in silicon microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 21-22, 2008, Pages 5454-5458

  Quan, Xiaojun ^a   Cheng, Ping ^a   Wu, Huiying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation; Lockhart Martinelli correlation; Matinelli Chisholm constant; Microchannels; Pressure drop; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULICS; PRESSURE DROP; SILICON; STEAM CONDENSERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

HYDRAULIC DIAMETERS; LOCKHART-MARTINELLI CORRELATION; MATINELLI-CHISHOLM CONSTANT; MICROCHANNELS; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 51349143940     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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