Performance evaluation of flattened tube in boiling heat transfer enhancement and its effect on pressure drop

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 430-436

  Nasr, M ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Marashi, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boiling; Flattened tube; Heat transfer; Performance; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; COPPER TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLATTENED TUBE; FLATTENED TUBES; FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; INNER DIAMETERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PLAIN TUBES; ROUND TUBES; TEST APPARATUS; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRIGERATION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 77649179758     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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