Comparison of experimental pressure drop data for two phase flows to prediction methods using a general model

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1358-1367

  Mauro, Alfonso William ^a   Quibén, Jesús Moreno ^b   Mastrullo, Rita ^a   Thome, John R ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooling; Heat exchanger; Horizontal tube; Modelling; Pressure drop; R 134a; R 22; R 404A; R 407C; R 410A; R 507A; Smooth tube; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HORIZONTAL TUBE; INTERMITTENT FLOW; SMOOTH TUBE;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 36549064154     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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