Development of empirical correlations for non-adiabatic capillary tube based on mechanistic model

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 974-983

  Sarker, Debasish ^a   Jeong, Ji Hwan ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capillary; Heat exchanger; Refrigerating system; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY; COMPONENT MODEL; COOLING PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MEASURED DATA; MECHANISTIC MODELS; NEW MODEL; NON-ADIABATIC CAPILLARY TUBE; PERFORMANCE METRICS; REFERENCE DATA; REFRIGERANT VAPORS; REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION CYCLES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; RUNTIMES; SIMULATION;

CAPILLARY TUBES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; VAPORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84861230272     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.01.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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