Experimental investigation of flow and heat transfer characteristics of R-134a in microchannels

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4560, Issue , 2001, Pages 117-125

  Hegab, Hisham E ^b,e   Bari, Abdullahel ^b   Ameel, Timothy A ^b,d  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dutchess Community College ^*

^c SUNY Dutchess Community College   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Microchannels; R 134a

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRAULICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MICROCHANNELS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0035765715     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.443049     Document Type: Article

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