Two-phase flow pressure drop and heat transfer during condensation in microchannels with uniform and converging cross-sections

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Yi Kuo, Ching ^a   Pan, Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; BOTTOM SURFACES; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; DIMENSIONLESS CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW REGIMES; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID WATER; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; STEAM CONDENSATION; STEAM FLOWS; TWO PHASE FLUID; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL MULTIPLIERS;

CONDENSATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; STEAM; TWO PHASE FLOW;

STEAM CONDENSERS;

EID: 77957766201     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/9/095001     Document Type: Article

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