Flow patterns and heat transfer for flow boiling in small to micro diameter tubes

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-275

  Karayiannis, Tassos G ^a   Shiferaw, Dereje ^a   Kenning, David B R ^a   Wadekar, Vishwas V ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AspenTech Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BUBBLE FLOW; CRITICAL DIAMETER; DISPERSED FLOW; DRY-OUT; FLOW BOILING; FLOW REGIMES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LOW QUALITIES; MACRO-TUBES; MASS FLUX; MICRO-TUBES; STAINLESS STEEL TUBE; SYSTEM PRESSURE; TEST SECTIONS; VAPOR QUALITY; WAVY FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 77649324220     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630903311678     Document Type: Article

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