Onset of flooding in a small diameter tube
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Author list: Saenmart K., Cheowuttikul P., Suriyawong A., Wongwises S.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2008
Journal: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (0735-1933)
Volume number: 35
Issue number: 4
Start page: 458
End page: 465
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0735-1933
eISSN: 1879-0178
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
The main concern of this work is to obtain and investigate the experimental data of the onset of flooding (OSF) for air and water in a small diameter tube. Flooding experiments are carried out in a tube having an inner diameter of 8.75 mm and the length of 1 m at inclination angles of 0, 30, 45, 60ฐ from the vertical. The curves of the OSF are built and shown as a function of the dimensionless superficial velocity. The effects of the inclination angles of the small diameter tubes on the OSF are discussed. The present results are compared with existing limited data reported in literature. ฉ 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Countercurrent flow limitation, Onset of flooding, Small diameter tube
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