Evaporation of refrigerants in a smooth horizontal tube: Prediction of R22 and R507 heat transfer coefficients and pressure drop

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 2189-2206

  Greco, Adriana ^a   Vanoli, Giuseppe Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective boiling; Heat transfer coefficients; R22; R507; Smooth tube

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FLUOROCARBONS; HEAT FLUX; MIXTURES; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

CONVECTIVE BOILING; R22; R507; SMOOTH TUBES;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

EID: 3142613660     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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