Numerical investigation of refrigerant flow through non-adiabatic capillary tubes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2015-2032

  Sinpiboon, Jiraporn ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Non adiabatic capillary tube; Refrigerant; Suction line; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

SUCTION LINES;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 0036959681     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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