Refrigerant mixtures flow through capillary tubes: A comparison between homogeneous and separated-flow models

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-53

  Fiorelli, Flávio Augusto Sanzovo ^a   Silvares, Otávio de Mattos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

REFRIGERANT MIXTURE FLOW;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 0037667619     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2003.10391055     Document Type: Article

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