Bubble dynamics and pressure drop of a single bubble in a rectangular microchannel

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels 2009, ICNMM2009

Volumn , Issue PART B, 2009, Pages 1069-1076

  Choi, Chiwoong ^a   Yu, Dongin ^a   Kim, Moohwan ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE DYNAMICS; BUBBLE FLOW; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID SLUG; PRESSURE DROP CORRELATION; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SINGLE BUBBLES; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; UNIT CELL MODELS;

FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISUALIZATION; VOID FRACTION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77952872972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2009-82104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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