Friction and convection studies of R-134a in microchannels within the transition and turbulent flow regimes

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-259

  Hegab, Hisham E ^a   Bari, Abdullahel ^a   Ameel, Tim ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHANNEL FLOW; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0036802097     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916150290082658     Document Type: Article

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