International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration

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Two-Phase Flow through a T-Junction

  • Tae Sang-Jin (System Appliances Division, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Cho Keum-Nam (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Published : 2006.03.01
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Abstract

Two-phase flow through a T-junction has been studied by numerous researchers so far. The dividing characteristics of the gas and liquid phases at the T-junction are very complicated due to a lot of related variables. The prediction models have been suggested by using experimental data for a specific condition or working fluid. But, they showed the application limitation for the most of the other conditions or fluids. Since most of them are applicable for their own experimental range, the generalized model for the wide range of conditions and fluids is needed. Even though it's not available now, some of the models developed for air-water flow at a T-junction might be applicable for the part of refrigerants with some modifications. Especially, for the two-phase flow of refrigerants at the T-junction, very few studies have been performed. Further experimental study is required to be performed for the wide range of test conditions and fluids to predict properly the two-phase flow distribution and phase separation through the T-junction.

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