Experimental study of horizontal flattened tubes performance on condensation of R600a vapor

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Darzi, Milad ^a   Akhavan Behabadi, M A ^a   Sadoughi, M K ^a   Razi, Pooyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; Flattened; Heat transfer; Performance; Pressure drop; R600a

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; DROPS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER; ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT TRANSFER; FLATTENED; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANTS; PERFORMANCE; R600A;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84922473570     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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