Flow boiling in horizontal smooth tubes: New heat transfer results for R-134a at three saturation temperatures

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1289-1298

  da Silva Lima, Ricardo J ^a   Quibén, Jesús Moreno ^a   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Comparisons; Experimental results; Flow boiling; Heat transfer; High reduced pressure; High saturation temperatures; Local minimum heat transfer coefficient; R 134a

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUCLEATE BOILING; VAPORS;

ASSESSMENT; COMPARISONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FLOW BOILING; HIGH REDUCED PRESSURE; HIGH SATURATION TEMPERATURES; LOCAL MINIMUM HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; R-134A;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 60649104614     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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