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INFLUENCE OF OIL ON EVAPORATOR HEAT TRANSFER.

Author(s) : HUGHES D. W.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

EXPERIMENTS ARE DESCRIBED WHICH INVESTIGATED THE INFLUENCE OF LUBRICATING OIL ON THE HEAT TRANSFER AND THE REFRIGERANT FLOW IN REFRIGERATION EVAPORATORS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OIL HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE REFRIGERANT FLOW AND PRESSURE DROP, BUT THAT IT HAD DIFFERENT EFFECTS DEPENDING ON THE FLUID FLOW REGIME. FOR ANNULAR-WAVY REGIMES, THERE WAS NO APPARENT EFFECT, WHILE FOR ANNULAR AND FILM FLOWS, THE PRESENCE OF OIL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT.

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  • Original title: INFLUENCE OF OIL ON EVAPORATOR HEAT TRANSFER.
  • Record ID : 1985-0059
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 7 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1984

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