Effect of lubricant on two-phase refrigerant distribution in microchannel evaporator

SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 567-575

  Li, Huize ^a   Hrnjak, Predrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PARALLEL FLOW; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH VISCOSITIES; MICRO-CHANNEL EVAPORATORS; REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTIONS; REFRIGERANT-OIL MIXTURES; THERMODYNAMIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TWO-PHASE REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY EFFECTS;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 84876445541     PISSN: 19463979     EISSN: 19463987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-1508     Document Type: Article

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