Two-phase refrigerant distribution in a parallel flow minichannel heat exchanger having horizontal headers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 25-26, 2012, Pages 7747-7759

  Kim, Nae Hyun ^a   Lee, Eul Jong ^a   Byun, Ho Won ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow distribution; Header; Heat exchanger; Inlet configuration

Indexed keywords

BRAZED ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS; DOWNSTREAM CHANNELS; DOWNWARD FLOW; FLAT TUBE; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HEADER; HORIZONTAL HEADERS; INLET CONFIGURATION; MINICHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; TEST SECTIONS; TWO-PHASE REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION; UNIFORM FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALUMINUM; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 84867555765     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.082     Document Type: Article

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