A parametric study of refrigerant flow in non-adiabatic capillary tubes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-408

  Bansal, P K ^a   Xu, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER;

REFRIGERANT FLOW;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 0037345353     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00208-9     Document Type: Article

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