Cavitation damage observations within scroll expander lubrication systems

WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue , 2010, Pages 261-272

  Tzanakis, I ^a   Hadfield, M ^a   Georgoulas, A ^b   Kotsovinos, N ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Cavitation; Erosion; Expander; Lubricant; Refrigerant; Scroll

Indexed keywords

2-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; BUBBLE CHARACTERISTICS; BUBBLES; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CAVITATION DAMAGE; CAVITATION EROSION; EXPANDER; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GASPHASE; LUBRICATION SYSTEM; SCROLL; SCROLL EXPANDER; SEM; WORKING FLUID;

EROSION; REFRIGERANTS; TRIBOLOGY;

CAVITATION;

EID: 77958186642     PISSN: 17433533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/TD100221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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