The characteristics of boiling heat transfer and pressure drop of R-600a in a circular tube with porous inserts

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 348-357

  Wen, Mao Yu ^a   Jang, Kuang Jang ^a   Ho, Ching Yen ^b  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HWA HSIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dispersed copper porous inserts; Flow boiling; Heat transfer; Pressure drop; R600a

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANTS; POROUS INSERTS; R600A; SATURATION TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAPORS;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 84892588484     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.074     Document Type: Article

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