Adiabatic air-water two-phase flow in circular microchannels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-34

  Sur, Aritra ^a   Liu, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow regime map; Microchannel; Pressure drop; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER MIXTURE; AIR-WATER TWO-PHASE FLOW; ANNULAR FLOWS; BUBBLY FLOW; CHANNEL SIZES; CIRCULAR MICROCHANNEL; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW TRANSITIONS; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HIGH-SPEED; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW MODEL; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INNER DIAMETERS; PATTERN-BASED MODELS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; SEPARATED FLOWS; SLUG FLOW; TRANSITION BOUNDARIES; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; WEBER NUMBERS;

AIR; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84855761346     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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