Electrohydrodynamic condensation heat transfer modulation under dc and ac applied voltages in a horizontal annular channel

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 495-503

  Cotton, James ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condensation; Electric fields; Electrodes; Electrodynamics; Heat transfer; Hydrodynamics; Two phase

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGES; ALTERNATING CURRENTS; ANNULAR CHANNELS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFERS; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; COUNTER CURRENTS; DC VOLTAGES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW REGIMES; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MASS FLUXES; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; PEAK-TO-PEAK-; SINGLE TUBES; SINUSOIDAL WAVEFORMS; TWO-PHASE; WITH INLETS;

CONDENSATION; CONDENSER TUBES; DROPS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MODULATION; PRESSURE DROP;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 65149101701     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.4815184     Document Type: Article

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