Condensation heat transfer and pressure drop of HFC-134a in a helically coiled concentric tube-in-tube heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 4386-4398

  Wongwises, Somchai ^a   Polsongkram, Maitree ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Condensation; Heat transfer coefficient; Helically coiled tube; Pressure drop; Refrigerant; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONCENTRIC TUBE; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; HELICALLY COILED TUBES; HFC-134A;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33747030898     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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