Pressure Distribution of Refrigerant Flow in an Adiabatic Capillary Tube

ScienceAsia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-76

  Kritsadathikarn, Pakawat ^a   Songnetichaovalit, Tirawat ^a   Lokathada, Noppadon ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^a  

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

Author keywords

capillary tube; local pressure distribution; pressure gradient; refrigerant; two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748985966     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2002.28.071     Document Type: Article

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