Flow pattern based correlations of two-phase pressure drop in rectangular microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1199-1207

  Choi, Chiwoong ^a   Kim, Moohwan ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Correlation; Flow pattern; Pressure drop; Rectangular microchannel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MATERIALS; CHANNEL SHAPE; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW MODEL; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; NEW CORRELATIONS; PRESSURE DROP CORRELATION; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNEL; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SEPARATED FLOWS; TWO-PHASE FLOW EXPERIMENTS; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; VISCOSITY MODELS; WORKING FLUID;

ASPECT RATIO; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; LIQUIDS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 82655172345     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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