Flow characteristics of refrigerants flowing inside an adiabatic spiral capillary tube

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 731-748

  Khan, Mohd Kaleem ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^a   Sahoo, Pradeep K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATORS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL; REFRIGERANT MASS FLOW RATE;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 35348920025     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2007.10390983     Document Type: Article

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