Non-adiabatic capillary tube flow: A homogeneous model and process description

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1801-1819

  Xu, B ^a   Bansal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Non adiabatic capillary tube; Refrigerant flow; Simulation; Two phase friction

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; REFRIGERANTS;

NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0036836574     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00110-2     Document Type: Article

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