Two-phase pressure drop in the intermittent flow regime for noncircular microchannels

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 201-210

  Garimella, Srinivas ^a   Killion, Jesse D ^a   Coleman, John W ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittent flow; Noncircular microchannels; Pressure drop; Two phase

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FORECASTING; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MICROCHANNELS; REFRIGERANTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

AVERAGE ERRORS; CIRCULAR MICROCHANNEL; CONDENSATION PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; LIQUID SLUG; NON-CIRCULAR; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE DROP MODEL; REFRIGERANT MASS FLUX; TUBE SHAPE; TWO-PHASE; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; UNIT CELLS; VAPOR BUBBLE;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 78249266603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-39194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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