Numerical simulation of capillary tube expansion devices behaviour with pure and mixed refrigerants considering metastable region. Part I: Mathematical formulation and numerical model

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Garcia Valladares O ^a   Perez Segarra C D ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capillary tubes; Metastable flow; Non adiabatic; Numerical simulation; Refrigeration; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; FLUID DYNAMICS;

CAPILLARY TUBE EXPANSION DEVICES;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 0036462660     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(01)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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