Refrigerant distribution in a parallel flow heat exchanger having vertical headers and heated horizontal tubes

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 920-932

  Byun, H W ^a   Kim, N H ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow distribution; Header; Heat exchanger; Heated tube

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM CHANNELS; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; GAS DISTRIBUTION; HEADER; HEATED TUBES; HORIZONTAL TUBES; LIQUID FLOW; MASS FLUX; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; OUTLET LOCATION; TEST SECTIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WITH INLETS;

COLD HEADING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INLET FLOW; LIQUIDS; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 79957585503     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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