Two-phase flow in minichannels: Hydrodynamics, pressure drop, and residence time distribution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 8193-8204

  Kulkarni, A A ^a   Kalyani, V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; CHANNEL ORIENTATIONS; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOWRATE RATIO; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; MINI-CHANNELS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RESPONSE CURVES; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; SYRINGE PUMPS; TWO-FLUID;

AIR; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; PUMPS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 69949132150     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801937x     Document Type: Article

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