Ammonia two-phase flow in a horizontal smooth tube: Flow pattern observations, diabatic and adiabatic frictional pressure drops and assessment of prediction methods

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 2273-2288

  da Silva Lima, Ricardo J ^a   Moreno Quibén, Jesús ^a   Kuhn, Cornel ^a,b   Boyman, Tahsin ^b   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adiabatic; Ammonia; Comparisons; Diabatic; Experimental; Flow boiling; Flow pattern observations; Prediction methods; R717; Two phase frictional pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; PUMPS; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL RESEARCH; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES; TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

ADIABATIC; COMPARISONS; DIABATIC; EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW BOILING; FLOW PATTERN OBSERVATIONS; PREDICTION METHODS; R717; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 59849114208     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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