An inspection of viscosity model for homogeneous two-phase flow pressure drop prediction in a horizontal circular micro-channel

This study analyzes several well-known two-phase viscosity models in order to address the appropriate correlations among them for application to micro-channel. Pressure drop data is obtained from adiabatic two-phase air-water flow experiments. A fused silica channel, 320 mm long, with an inside diameter of 0.53 mm is used as the test section. The measured data is compared with the homogeneous flow predictions calculated using the existing viscosity models and detailed comparisons are discussed.