Numerical analysis of refrigerant flow along non-adiabatic capillary tubes using a two-fluid model

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 523-531

  Seixlack, A L ^a   Barbazelli, M R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Non adiabatic capillary tube; Two fluid model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE FLOW; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTER MODELING; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; HORIZONTAL CAPILLARY TUBES; LIQUID- AND VAPOR PHASES; MASS FLOW RATES; METASTABLE FLOWS; NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBE; NUMERICAL MODELS; REFRIGERANT FLOWS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; STEADY STATES; SUCTION LINE HEAT EXCHANGERS; TWO-FLUID MODEL; TWO-FLUID MODELS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 55549086147     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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