Flow boiling in a 1.1 mm tube with R134a: Experimental results and comparison with model

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-341

  Shiferaw, D ^a   Karayiannis, T G ^a   Kenning, D B R ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dryout; Flow boiling; Heat transfer; Minichannel; Roughness; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

BUBBLE FREQUENCIES; CRITICAL FILM THICKNESSES; DRY OUTS; DRYOUT; EVAPORATION MODELS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFERS; FLOW MODELS; HIGH HEAT FLUXES; HIGH QUALITIES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LOW PRESSURES; MASS FLUXES; MINICHANNEL; ROUGHNESS; SYSTEM PRESSURES; VAPOUR QUALITIES; WORKING FLUIDS;

HEATING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 56649097563     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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