Abstract
Void fraction, frictional pressure loss and heat transfer coefficient were measured for vertical upward heated air-water two-phase flow in a 1.03mm I.D. stainless steel tube to investigate heat transfer and flow characteristics of two-phase flow in minichannel. Flow regimes were observed using high speed video camera. Void fraction was correlated with drift flux model better than Smith's correlation when α>0.7, but did not agree with both correlations when α<0.7. Frictional pressure losses agreed with Chisolm-Laird's equation at relatively large liquid Reynolds number. At low liquid Reynolds number, experimental results were close to Mishima-Hibiki's modified Chisolm-Laird's equation. Pressure loss was affected by flow regime at low liquid Reynolds number. Heat transfer coefficient fairly agreed with the results of ordinary inner diameter tube except for low liquid velocities.
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