Pressure drop characteristics of R134a two-phase flow in a horizontal rectangular microchannel

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 211-220

  Tu, X ^a   Hrnjak, P ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; VAPORS;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MASS FLUX; PARAMETER RANGE; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTIC; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; VAPOR QUALITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 78249271062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-39195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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