Effect of venting the periodic reverse vapor flow on the performance of a microchannel evaporator in air-conditioning systems

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-76

  Tuo, Hanfei ^a   Hrnjak, Pega ^a,b  

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

^b CTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling fluctuation; Microchannel evaporator; Periodic reverse flow

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; MICRO-CHANNEL EVAPORATORS; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDE; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; REVERSE FLOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VAPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATORS; FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS;

VAPORS;

EID: 84887029944     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.08.095     Document Type: Article

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