Effect of diameter on two-phase pressure drop in narrow tubes

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-541

  Venkatesan, M ^a   Das, Sarit K ^a   Balakrishnan, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adiabatic flow in narrow tubes; Air water system; Circular microtubes; Flow patterns in small tubes; Pressure drop in narrow tubes; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SYSTEM; ANNULAR FLOW PATTERN; BUBBLY FLOW REGIME; CHISHOLM PARAMETERS; CIRCULAR MICROTUBES; CIRCULAR TUBES; CMOS CAMERA; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW STRATIFICATION; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS INTERACTION; HIGH-SPEED; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; INNER DIAMETERS; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; MEAN DEVIATION; NARROW TUBES; TUBE DIAMETERS; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

AIR; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FORECASTING; FRICTION; LIQUEFIED GASES; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; WATERWORKS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751705540     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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