Pressure drop during refrigerant condensation inside horizontal smooth, helical microfin, and herringbone microfin tubes

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 687-696

  Olivier, Jonathan A ^a   Liebenberg, Leon ^a   Kedzierski, Mark A ^b   Meyer, Josua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Helical microfin tube; Herringbone; Microfin tube; Pressure drop; Refrigerant condensation; Smooth tube

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP;

COUNTERFLOW DIRECTION; MASS FLUXES; MICROFIN TUBES; REFRIGERANT CONDENSATION;

REFRIGERANTS;

CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANT;

EID: 11244353171     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1795240     Document Type: Article

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