Non-adiabatic capillary tube flow of carbon dioxide in a novel refrigeration cycle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1670-1683

  Chen, Y ^a   Gu, J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Homogenous model; Non adiabatic capillary; Simulation; Transcritical refrigeration cycle; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRIGERATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HOMOGENEOUS MODEL; NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY; TRANSCRITICAL REFRIGERATION CYCLE; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 18444366513     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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