The effects of inlet geometry and gas-liquid mixing on two-phase flow in microchannels

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0413021-0413027

  Kawaji, M ^a   Mori, K ^b   Bolintineanu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION PRESSURE DROP; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS SLUGS; GAS-LIQUID MIXING; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; GENERATION MECHANISM; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW MODEL; INLET GEOMETRY; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LIQUID SLUG; LOCKHART-MARTINELLI CORRELATION; MIXING METHOD; T JUNCTIONS; TWO-PHASE FRICTION MULTIPLIER;

FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; GASES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 73749087865     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3089543     Document Type: Article

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