An assessment of friction factor and viscosity correlations for model prediction of refrigerant flow in capillary tubes

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-248

  Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Zhou, Guobing ^a   Xie, Hui ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary tubes; Coiled effect; Correlation; Friction factor; Homogeneous flow model; Metastable flow; Refrigerant; Two phase viscosity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CICCHITTI VISCOSITY MODE; FRICTION FACTOR EQUATIONS; GIRI'S FRICTION FACTOR EQUATION; TWO-PHASE VISCOSITY CORRELATIONS;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FRICTION; REFRIGERANT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 14044252695     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1050     Document Type: Article

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