Prediction of frictional pressure drop during flow boiling of refrigerants in horizontal tubes: Comparison to an experimental database

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-497

  Revellin, Rémi ^a   Haberschill, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Microfin tubes; Prediction method; Pressure drop; Smooth tubes

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERROR STATISTICS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

ANNULAR FLOWS; DRY OUTS; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW REGIMES; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; HORIZONTAL TUBES; INDIVIDUAL PREDICTIONS; LINEAR APPROACHES; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM PRESSURES; MICROFIN TUBES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; PREDICTION METHOD; SMOOTH TUBES; VAPOR QUALITIES;

DROPS;

EID: 61449222904     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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