Numerical simulation of the pressure drop and heat transfer of two phase slug flows in microtubes using moving frame of reference technique

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 6463-6472

  Talimi, V ^a   Muzychka, Y S ^a   Kocabiyik, S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Microtubes; Pressure drop; Slug flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DROPS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP;

CONSTANT WALL HEAT FLUX; CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE; MICRO-TUBES; MICROTUBES AND MICROCHANNELS; SIMULATION PROCESS; SLUG FLOW; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TWO-PHASE SIMULATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84865740660     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.06.044     Document Type: Article

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