Effect of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) on condensation of R-134a in presence of non-condensable gas

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-291

  Omidvarborna, Hamid ^a   Mehrabani Zeinabad, Arjomand ^a   Esfahany, Mohsen Nasr ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Condensation heat transfer; Electrohydrodynamic; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer coefficient; Heat transfer enhancement; Non condensable gas

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 60449090709     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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