Experimental investigation and correlation of two-phase frictional pressure drop of R410A-oil mixture flow boiling in a 5 mm microfin tube

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-161

  Ding, Guoliang ^a   Hu, Haitao ^a   Huang, Xiangchao ^a   Deng, Bin ^b   Gao, Yifeng ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group Inc   (China)

^c International Copper Association Shanghai Office   (China)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Boiling; Correlation; Experiment; Heat exchanger; Microfin tube; Oil; Pressure drop; R410A

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BOILING LIQUIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MIXTURES; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

BOILING; CORRELATION; MICROFIN TUBE; OIL; R410A;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 55949126129     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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