An experimental study of the flow of R-134a inside an adiabatic spirally coiled capillary tube

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 970-978

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Adiabatic; Capillary; Correlation; Flow; Pitch; R 134a; Refrigerant

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; PIPE FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COIL PITCH; ERROR BANDS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; MASS FLOW RATES; MEASURED DATA; PRESSURE TAPS; SEMI EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; SUBCOOLINGS; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBE GEOMETRY;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 48649096916     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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