Characteristics of two-phase flows in a rectangular microchannel with a T-junction type gas-liquid mixer

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 585-594

  Kawahara, Akimaro ^a   Sadatomi, Michio ^a   Nei, Keitaro ^a   Matsuo, Hideki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE LENGTH; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; DISTILLED WATER; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; DRIFT-FLUX MODEL; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID PROPERTIES; LIQUID SLUG LENGTH; NITROGEN GAS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; T JUNCTIONS; TEST GAS; TEST LIQUID; TWO-PHASE FRICTION MULTIPLIER;

ETHANOL; FRICTION; GASES; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; TRANSDUCERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY; VIDEO CAMERAS; VOID FRACTION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 79952589280     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2010.509752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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