Prandtl and capillary effects on heat transfer performance within laminar liquid-gas slug flows

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 4752-4761

  Howard, James A ^a   Walsh, Patrick A ^a   Walsh, Edmond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Capillary number; Heat transfer; Infrared thermography; Liquid gas; Prandtl number; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHANNEL DIAMETERS; COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; ENHANCING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW REGIONS; GAS BUBBLE; GRAETZ NUMBER; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HIGHER PRANDTL NUMBER; INTERNAL CIRCULATIONS; LIQUID-GAS; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; POISEUILLE FLOW; SLUG FLOW; THERMAL ENTRANCE; TRANSITION REGIONS; TWO-PHASE GAS-LIQUID FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; HEAT SINKS; LIQUID FILMS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TWO PHASE FLOW; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VOID FRACTION;

FLUIDS;

EID: 79960622675     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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