Experimental study of refrigerant two phase separation in a compact vertical T-junction

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 118, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 672-680

  Tuo, Hanfei ^a   Hrnjak, Pega ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EFFICIENCY; FLOW PATTERNS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; PHASE SEPARATION; REFRIGERANTS;

BRANCH DIAMETER; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; LIQUID SEPARATION; PARAMETRIC EFFECTS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION STRUCTURES; STRATIFIED FLOW PATTERNS; TWO-PHASE SEPARATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84865035708     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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