Probabilistic flow pattern-based heat transfer correlation for condensing intermittent flow of refrigerants in smooth horizontal tubes

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2009.12.005MaRDI QIDQ2379488zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. van Rooyen, M. Christians, L. Liebenberg, J. P. Meyer

Publication date 19 March 2010

Published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12725

zbMATH Keywords

probabilisticheat transfercondensationflow patternsmooth tubetime-frequencytime-fraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20) Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Stefan problems, phase changes, etc. (80A22) Experimental work for problems pertaining to classical thermodynamics (80-05)

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Cites work

• Characterization of diabatic two-phase flows in microchannels: Flow parameter results for R-134a in a 0.5mm channel
• Condensation in horizontal tubes. I: Two-phase flow pattern map
• Condensation in horizontal tubes. II: New heat transfer model based on flow regimes
• Flow regime identification in microgravity two-phase flows using void fraction signals
• New prediction methods for CO\(_{2}\) evaporation inside tubes: Part II - An updated general flow boiling heat transfer model based on flow patterns
• Prediction of two-phase condensation in horizontal tubes using probabilistic flow regime maps
• Some characteristics of air-water two-phase flow in small diameter vertical tubes

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• In-tube condensation performance of refrigerants considering penalization terms (exergy losses) for heat transfer and pressure drop
• Mapping of horizontal refrigerant two-phase flow patterns based on clustering of capacitive sensor signals
• Improved flow pattern map for accurate prediction of the heat transfer coefficients during condensation of R-134a in smooth horizontal tubes and within the low-mass flux range
• Prediction of two-phase condensation in horizontal tubes using probabilistic flow regime maps

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