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Two-phase flow dynamics during boiling of R134a refrigerant in minichannels

Khovalyg, D. M.
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Baranenko, A. V.
2015
Technical Physics

This study is devoted to complex experimental investigation of two-phase flow boiling of R134a refrigerant in a minichannel having a hydraulic diameter of 540 μm at heat fluxes up to 70 kW/m2 and mass fluxes up to 700 kg/(m2 s). Flow regimes, pressure drop, heat transfer coefficient, and behavior of instabilities are analyzed as functions of vapor quality. On the basis of experimental data, the methods for calculating two-phase pressure drop in a minichannel with a diameter of about 500 μm are determined, and new correlation is proposed for estimating the heat-transfer coefficient; the region of stable boiling of the refrigerant is also determined.

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research article
DOI
10.1134/S1063784215030123
Author(s)
Khovalyg, D. M.
Baranenko, A. V.
Date Issued

2015

Published in
Technical Physics
Volume

60

Issue

3

Start page

350

End page

358

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

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Available on Infoscience
March 11, 2019
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/155494
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