Stratified flow boiling heat transfer study of a HFC/HC refrigerant mixture in smooth horizontal tubes

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-331

  Raja, Balakrishnan ^a   Lal, Dhasan Mohan ^b   Saravanan, Rajagopal ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE TEMPERATURES; COUNTER CURRENT; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL TUBES; MASS FLOW RATE; REFRIGERANT MIXTURES; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TEST SECTIONS; TUBE DIAMETERS; VAPOR QUALITY;

AERODYNAMICS; EVAPORATORS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; NUCLEATE BOILING; REFRIGERATORS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 77952012007     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-010-0573-y     Document Type: Article

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