Liquid film thickness of two‐phase slug flows in capillary microchannels: A review paper

A Etminan, YS Muzychka, K Pope - The Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐phase Taylor flow has received considerable attention from researchers in recent
decades due to its potential use in a wide variety of industrial and medical applications. A …

Flow of refrigerants through capillary tubes: A state-of-the-art

SK Dubba, R Kumar - Experimental thermal and fluid science, 2017 - Elsevier
A review of the research carried out during past decade on flow of different refrigerants
through adiabatic and diabatic capillary tubes of different geometries viz. straight and coiled …

Numerical simulation and analysis of transport air conditioning system integrated with passenger compartment

W Li, J Sun - Applied thermal engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Transport air conditioning (AC) systems are the very important energy to provide comfort for
passenger compartment in metro car or railway car. The determination of cooling load and …

A generalized continuous empirical correlation for predicting refrigerant mass flow rates through adiabatic capillary tubes

M Rasti, JH Jeong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Refrigerant flow through a capillary tube is complicated, and many empirical correlations
have been proposed for calculating the refrigerant mass flow rate through capillary tubes. A …

Experimental study of the heat transfer problem in expansion devices in CO2 refrigeration systems

M Mastrowski, J Smolka, A Hafner, M Haida, M Palacz… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Two expansion devices designed for CO 2 refrigeration systems namely, capillary tube and
fixed-geometry ejector were experimentally tested in the SINTEF/NTNU laboratory in …

Numerical simulation of coiled adiabatic capillary tubes in CO2 transcritical systems with separated flow model including metastable flow

J Wang, F Cao, Z Wang, Y Zhao, L Li - International journal of refrigeration, 2012 - Elsevier
A separated flow model of coiled adiabatic capillary tube for CO2 considering metastable
flow region is presented. In the case of straight capillary, different friction factors are …

Dynamic model and experimental study of an air–water heat pump for residential use

RNN Koury, RN Faria, RO Nunes, KAR Ismail… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study of the dynamic behavior of a vapor compression heat pump for
residential water heating. The mathematical models for heat exchangers are formulated by …

Identifying effective parameters on capillary tube performance with HCFCs, HFCs blends, and hydrocarbon refrigerants: Numerical assessment

AD Salman, AM Al Jubori - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2024 - Elsevier
This work offers a comprehensive numerical evaluation of the performance of capillary tube
utilizing different refrigerants, including HCFCs, HFCs blends (Zeotropic, Azeotropic), and …

A comparison of homogenous and separated flow assumptions for adiabatic capillary flow

TW Furlong, DP Schmidt - Applied thermal engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Homogenous and separated flow models are investigated for use in modeling one-
dimensional adiabatic capillary tube flow. While these methods have been utilized …

Numerical investigation of the heating efficiency of CO2 heat pump water heater system in cold environments

J He, S Li - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Springer
This paper introduces a novel a CO2 mechanical subcooling heat pump water heater
(MSHPWH) to improve the heating performance in low temperatures. By utilizing a …