Review of numerical simulation of capillary tube using refrigerant mixtures

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 949-966

  Garcia Valladares O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adiabatic; Capillary tubes; Metastable flow; Numerical simulation; Refrigeration; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EXPANSION DEVICES; METASTABLE FLOW;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 0742285822     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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