Observations of acoustically generated cavitation bubbles within typical fluids applied to a scroll expander lubrication system

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1544-1554

  Tzanakis, I ^a   Hadfield, M ^a   Henshaw, I ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Energetix Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Lubricant; Refrigerant; Reynolds; Scroll; Surface tension; Viscosity; Weber number

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BUBBLE RADIUS; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CRITICAL REGION; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; JET VELOCITIES; LUBRICATION SYSTEM; OSCILLATORY MOVEMENTS; REYNOLDS; SCROLL; SCROLL EXPANDER; SOLID BOUNDARIES; SPEED CAMERAS; ULTRASONIC SOURCES; WATER ENVIRONMENTS; WEBER NUMBERS; WORKING FLUID;

LUBRICANTS; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLID LUBRICANTS; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; VISCOSITY;

CAVITATION;

EID: 80053250323     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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