An assessment of models for predicting refrigerant characteristics in adiabatic and non-adiabatic capillary tubes

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-180

  Kim, Lyun Su ^a   Son, Ki Dong ^b   Sarker, Debasish ^b   Jeong, Ji Hwan ^b   Lee, Sung Hong ^b  

^a LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION FACTORS; NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBE; SIMULATION RESULT; SUCTION LINE HEAT EXCHANGER; SUCTION PIPE; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM;

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

EID: 79951955449     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-010-0697-0     Document Type: Article

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