Experimental investigations on boiling of n-pentane across a horizontal tube bundle: two-phase flow and heat transfer characteristics

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 536-547

  Roser, R ^a   Thonon, B ^a   Mercier, P ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONVECTIVE EVAPORATION; HORIZONTAL TUBE BUNDLE; PENTANE;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0033339139     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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