Experimental study on condensation heat transfer inside a single circular minichannel

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 2311-2323

  Matkovic, Marko ^a   Cavallini, Alberto ^a   Del Col, Davide ^a   Rossetto, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Condensation; Experimentation; Local heat transfer coefficient; Minichannels; Refrigerants

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REFRIGERANTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFERS; CONDENSATION PROCESS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTATION; LOCAL HEAT FLUXES; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MACRO-SCALE; MASS VELOCITIES; MINICHANNELS; TEST RESULTS; TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 59849091987     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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