Experimental and numerical investigation of R-134a flow through a lateral type diabatic capillary tube

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 871-904

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

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; POLYOLS; REFRIGERANTS;

CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONTROLLED PARAMETER; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INLET SUB-COOLING; LATERAL CONFIGURATION; MASS FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 57749093129     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2008.10391045     Document Type: Article

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