Numerical investigation of capillary tube-suction line heat exchanger performance

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2014-2028

  Yang, C ^a   Bansal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Non adiabatic capillary tube; Simulation model; Suction line heat exchanger; Two phase refrigeration flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFRIGERATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBE; SIMULATION MODEL; SUCTION LINE HEAT EXCHANGER; TWO-PHASE REFRIGERATION FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 18444405538     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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