Modeling of pressure drop during condensation in circular and non-circular microchannels

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Agarwal, Akhil ^a   Garimella, Srinivas ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; NON-CIRCULAR MICROCHANNELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 85196513463     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2006-14672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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