TY - JOUR
TI - On the prediction of experimental two-phase pressure drop through micro-channels
AU - Babasaheb Charthankar Shantanu
AU - Aruntukaram Autee
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2025
VL - 29
IS - 5
SP - 3791
EP - 3800
PT - Article
AB - In many different industrial sectors, including power plants, petroleum refineries, and process industries, two-phase flow is an essential element. It is critical to anticipate the pressure drop in two-phase flow accurately which is dependent on number of factors, including the mass fluxes of the phases, the channel’s orientation, cross-section, and size. An experimental investigation of adiabatic two-phase air-water flow in micro-channels is presented in this paper. Acrylic rectangular micro-channel with hydraulic diameter, Dh, of 0.367 mm, 0.411 mm, 0.554 mm at horizontal orientation for the mass flux ranging from 290-1310 kg/m2s were used for conducting the experimental study. A few of the already known correlations were compared to the experimental two-phase pressure drop. Evaluation showed that the current correlations were insufficient to forecast the experimental findings. A new empirical correlation in terms of fluid characteristics and dimensionless numbers was developed based on the experimental results. The proposed correlation matches the current experimental results quite well. Most of the data was found to lie within the ±25% error zone.
DO - 10.2298/TSCI241003031B
ER -