Effect of tube diameter on elongated bubble length in mini channels

2010 3rd International Conference on Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, Theory and Applications - Proceedings, ThETA3 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 27-31

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER MIXTURE; BUBBLE FLOW; BUBBLE LENGTH; CMOS CAMERA; CO-CURRENT FLOW; CONVENTIONAL TUBES; CORIOLIS MASS FLOW METER; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLOW REGIMES; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS STREAMS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; MINI CHANNELS; MINI/MICRO-CHANNEL; SLUG FLOW; SLUG FLOW PATTERNS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TEST SECTIONS; TUBE DIAMETERS; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUIDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79958010909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THETA.2010.5766376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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