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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2006.30.11.1035

Two-phase Pressure Drop in a Horizontal Rectangular Microchannel  

Huh, Cheol (포항공과대학교 기계공학과)
Kim, Moo-Hwan (포항공과대학교 기계공학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.30, no.11, 2006 , pp. 1035-1042 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experimental investigation was performed to study two-phase pressure drop of deionized water in a microchannel. Measurement and evaluation of two-phase frictional pressure gradient were carried out using a single horizontal rectangular microchanne1 having a hydraulic diameter of $100{\mu}m$. Tests were performed for mass fluxes of 90, 169, and 267 $kg/m^2$s and heat fluxes of 200-700 $kW/m^2$. Test results showed that the measured two-phase frictional pressure gradient increased with the mass flux and vapor quality. Most macro-channel correlations of two-phase frictional pressure gradient did not provide reliable predictions except under certain limited conditions.
Keywords
Two-phase Pressure Drop; Microchannel; Two-phase Flow; Heat Transfer;
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