New experimental approach on the determination of condensation heat transfer coefficient using frictional pressure drop and void fraction models in a vertical tube

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2535-2547

  Dalkilic, A S ^a   Wongwises, S ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Condensation; Heat transfer coefficient; Pressure drop; R134a; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; CONDENSING TEMPERATURE; COPPER TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROPS; INNER DIAMETERS; MASS FLUX; OUTER DIAMETERS; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; VAPOR QUALITY; VERTICAL TUBE; VON KARMAN;

CONDENSATION; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 77955472545     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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