Heat transfer and pressure drop in plate heat exchanger refrigerant evaporators

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Huang, Jianchang ^a   Sheer, Thomas J ^a   Bailey Mcewan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaporator; Plate heat exchanger; Refrigerant

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FIELD TEST DATA; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; REFRIGERANT LIQUIDS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER; WATER CHILLER;

EVAPORATORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84856549001     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.11.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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