Evaporation heat transfer and friction characteristics of R-134a flowing downward in a vertical corrugated tube

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Aroonrat, Kanit ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^a  

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

Author keywords

Corrugated tube; Evaporation; Nusselt number; Two phase friction factor; Vertical

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED TUBES; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; EVAPORATING TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION HEAT TRANSFER; EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE; FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS; FRICTION FACTORS; HFC-134A; INNER DIAMETERS; INNER TUBES; MASS FLUX; PURE REFRIGERANTS; SMOOTH COPPER; SMOOTH TUBES; TEST RUNS; TEST SECTIONS; TWO-PHASE FRICTION FACTOR; VERTICAL;

EVAPORATION; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REFRIGERANTS; TRANSDUCERS; TRIBOLOGY;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 78049420842     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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