An experimental study of condensation heat transfer and pressure drop in a single high aspect ratio micro-channel for refrigerant R134a

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006

Volumn 2006 A, Issue , 2006, Pages 147-154

  Chowdhury, Sourav ^a   Al hajri, Ebrahim ^a   Dessiatoun, Serguei ^a   Shooshtari, Amir ^a   Ohadi, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONDENSATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MICROCHANNELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33846953236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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