Flow characteristics of HFC407C/HC600a/HC290 refrigerant mixture in adiabatic capillary tubes

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 14-15, 2006, Pages 1621-1628

  Jabaraj, D B ^a   Vettri Kathirvel, A ^a   Mohan Lal, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adiabatic capillary tube; HCFC22; HFC407C HC600a HC290; Mass flow rate; Non dimensional correlation; Window air conditioner

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MIXTURES;

ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBE; HCFC22; HFC407C/HC600A/HC290; MASS FLOW RATE; NON-DIMENSIONAL CORRELATION; WINDOW AIR-CONDITIONER;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 33646365879     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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