Experimental investigation of flow boiling pressure drop of R134A in a microscale horizontal smooth tube

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tibiriçá, Cristiano Bigonha ^a   Diniz da Silva, Jaqueline ^a   Ribatski, Gherhardt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANNULAR FLOWS; DIABATIC; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW PATTERN CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH-SPEED; HORIZONTAL SMOOTH TUBES; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; MASS VELOCITY; MICRO-SCALES; PREDICTION METHODS; PRESSURE DROP GRADIENT; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; VAPOR QUALITY; WORKING FLUID;

FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 81855228098     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003728     Document Type: Article

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