Effect of inlet configuration on the refrigerant distribution in a parallel flow minichannel heat exchanger

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1209-1221

  Kim, Nae Hyun ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Byun, Ho Won ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distribution; Experimentr; Heat exchanger; Micro channel; Piping flow; Refrigerant

Indexed keywords

BRAZED ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; DISTRIBUTION; DOWNSTREAM CHANNELS; DOWNWARD FLOW; EXPERIMENTR; FLAT TUBE; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; INLET CONFIGURATION; MINICHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; PIPING-FLOW; TEST SECTIONS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; PARALLEL FLOW; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 79958720501     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.05.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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