Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of forced convective evaporation in horizontal tubes with coiled wire inserts

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1089-1095

  Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Mohseni, S G ^a   Najafi, H ^a   Ramazanzadeh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coiled wire; Evaporation; Heat transfer; Pressure drop; R 134a

Indexed keywords

COIL PITCH; COILED WIRE; COPPER TUBES; DIFFERENT MASS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HORIZONTAL TUBES; PLAIN TUBES; R-134A; TEST RUNS; WIRE DIAMETER; WIRE-COILS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NANOFLUIDICS; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

WIRE;

EID: 70350714104     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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