Experimental study on the two-phase pressure drop in copper foams

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-164

  Ji, Xianbing ^a   Xu, Jinliang ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Metallic foam; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

BOILING TWO-PHASE FLOW; COPPER FOAM; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW BOILING; FRICTION FACTORS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; INLET TEMPERATURE; MARTINELLI PARAMETER; METALLIC FOAM; PORE DENSITIES; PORE DIAMETERS; PORES PER INCHES; SINGLE PHASE LIQUID FLOW; TWO-PHASE MULTIPLIERS; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS; VAPOR MASS; WORKING FLUID;

COPPER; FRICTION; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAPORS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84856101867     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-011-0860-2     Document Type: Article

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