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A semi-theoretical model for predicting refrigerant/lubricant mixture pool boiling heat transfer.

Author(s) : KEDZIERSKI M. A.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

This paper outlines the framework of a semi-theoretical model for predicting the pool boiling heat transfer of refrigerant/lubricant mixtures on a roughened, horizontal, flat pool-boiling surface. The predictive model is based on the mechanisms involved in the formation of the lubricant excess layer that exists on the heat transfer surface. The lubricant accumulates on the surface in excess of the bulk concentration via preferential evaporation of the refrigerant from the bulk refrigerant/lubricant mixture. As a result, excess lubricant resides in a thin layer on the surface and influences the boiling performance, giving either an enhancement or degradation in heat transfer. A dimensionless excess layer parameter and a thermal boundary layer constant were derived and fitted to data in an attempt to generalize the model to other refrigerant/lubricant mixtures. The model inputs include transport and thermodynamic refrigerant properties and the lubricant composition, viscosity, and critical solution temperature with the refrigerant. The model predicts the boiling heat transfer coefficient of three different mixtures of R123 and lubricant to within ±10%. Comparisons of heat transfer predictions to measurements for 13 different refrigerant/lubricant mixtures were made, including two different refrigerants and three different lubricants.

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  • Original title: A semi-theoretical model for predicting refrigerant/lubricant mixture pool boiling heat transfer.
  • Record ID : 2003-1738
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 26 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 2003/05

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