An optical approach for quantitative characterization of slug bubble interface profiles in a two-phase microchannel flow

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-38

  Patel, Ravi S ^a   Weibel, Justin A ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid vapor interface detection; Microfluidic diagnostics; Slug flow; Texture based image analysis; Two phase microchannel flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOCUSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE TEXTURE; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; TEXTURES;

LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; PARTICLE TRACKING TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; REFLECTION AND REFRACTIONS; SLUG FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84924545171     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.02.067     Document Type: Article

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