Flow boiling characteristics for R1234ze(E) in 1.0 and 2.2 mm circular channels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tibirçiá, Cristiano Bigonha ^a   Ribatski, Gherhardt ^a   Thome, John Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CHF; flow boiling; microchannels; R1234ze(E)

Indexed keywords

CHF; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW PATTERN CHARACTERIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HEATED LENGTHS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; MASS VELOCITY; MICROSCALE FLOWS; NEW REFRIGERANTS; R1234ZE(E); SATURATION TEMPERATURE; STAINLESS STEEL TUBE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TUBE DIAMETERS; VAPOR QUALITY;

FLOW PATTERNS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STAINLESS STEEL; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84555187720     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004933     Document Type: Article

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