Published 1990 | Version v1
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Heat transfer coefficient, two-phase flow boiling of HFC134a

Creators

  • 1. Royal Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration, S-100 44 Stockholm (Sweden)

Description

Evaporation of HFC134a inside smooth, horizontal tubes is studied. Tests are made with pure refrigerant and with oil-refrigerant mixtures. Heat flux has varied from 2 kW/m2 to 10 kW/m2. The inner diameter of the tubes are 12 mm. Two evaporators are used, 4 and 10 m long. Oil content is varied from 0 to 2.5 mass percentage (synthetic oil, EXP-0275). Oil free HFC134a is found to have higher heat transfer coefficient than HCF22 at the same heat flux, as well as mass flux. The effect of oil in the refrigerant depends on the flux. At 2 and 4 kW/m2, the heat transfer coefficient has a maximum value for an oil content of around 0.5 mass percentage. No increase at all is registered for a heat flux of 6 kW/m2. Heat transfer coefficients for pure refrigerant are also compared to existing correlations. Pierre's correlation predict values with a reasonable accuracy

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Purdue Univ. Press.
Imprint Place
West Lafayette, IN (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 1990 USNC/IIR-Purdue refrigeration conference and the 1990 ASHRAE-Purdue CFC conference
Imprint Pagination
500 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 205-214.

Conference

Title
USNC/IIR Purdue refrigeration conference and the ASHRAE Purdue CFC conference.
Dates
17-20 Jul 1990.
Place
West Lafayette, IN (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22023047
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COOLING SYSTEMS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TUBES; TWO-PHASE FLOW
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-9007177--.