Investigation on heat transfer and pressure drop during swirl flow boiling of R-134a in a horizontal tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1918-1927

  Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^a   Jamali, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boiling; Heat transfer; Pressure drop; R 134a; Twisted tape

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DROPS; EVAPORATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOFLUIDICS; PRESSURE DROP; SWIRLING FLOW; THERMOANALYSIS;

BOILING; BOILING HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; COPPER TUBES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROPS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENTS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; MASS VELOCITIES; R-134A; SWIRL FLOW BOILING; SWIRL FLOWS; TWISTED TAPE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 59049085748     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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