In-tube condensation of zeotropic fluid mixtures: A review

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 534-561

  Fronk, Brian M ^a,b   Garimella, Srinivas ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Condensation; Experiments; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modeling; Tube

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CONVERSION PROCESS; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENHANCED TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILM THEORY; FLUID MIXTURES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER RESISTANCE; IN-TUBE CONDENSATION; LIQUID PHASIS; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PURE COMPONENTS; TUBE; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; ZEOTROPIC MIXTURE;

CONDENSATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 84873323153     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.11.030     Document Type: Review

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