HFC-410A vaporisation inside a commercial brazed plate heat exchanger

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Longo, Giovanni A ^a   Gasparella, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brazed plate heat exchanger; HFC refrigerants; Vaporisation

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

BRAZED PLATE; HEAT FLOWS RATES; POOL BOILING; SATURATION TEMPERATURE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 34548765968     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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