Heat transfer in well-characterised Taylor flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6379-6388

  Leung, Sharon S Y ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Haynes, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble velocity; Microchannel; Non boiling; Slug flow; Slug length; Two phase

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE VELOCITIES; NON-BOILING; SLUG FLOW; SLUG LENGTH; TWO-PHASE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT FLUX; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION; VOID FRACTION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 78149466519     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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