Experimental investigation on pressure drop characteristics of two-phase hydrocarbon mixtures flow in the shell side of LNG spiral wound heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 347-358

  Ding, Chao ^a   Hu, Haitao ^a   Ding, Guoliang ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Mi, Xiaoguang ^b   Yu, Sicong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon mixture; LNG; Pressure drop; Shell side; Spiral wound heat exchanger; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027508569     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.08.025     Document Type: Article

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