Modelling of capillary tubes behaviour with HCFC 22 ternary alternative refrigerants

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 843-855

  Sami, S M ^a   Poirier, B ^a   Dahamani, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

TERNARY MIXTURES;

REFRIGERANTS;

CAPILLARY; REFRIGERANT; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032125350     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199807)22:9<843::AID-ER406>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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