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Flow Condensation Heat Transfer Coefficients of R22, R410A and Propane in Aluminum Multi-Channel Tube  

Park Ki-Jung (Graduate School, Inha University)
Lee Ki-Young (Graduate School, Inha University)
Jung Dongsoo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.17, no.7, 2005 , pp. 649-658 More about this Journal
Abstract
Flow condensation heat transfer coefficients (HTCs) of R22, R410, Propane (R290) were measured inside a horizontal 9 hole aluminum multi-channel flat tube. The main test section in the refrigerant loop was made of a 0.53m long multi-channel flat tube of hydraulic diameter of 1.4 mm. Refrigerant was cooled by passing cold water through an annulus surrounding the test section. Data were obtained in qualities of $0.1\~0.9$ at mass flux of $200\~400kg/m^2s$ and heat flux of $7.3\~7.7kW/m^2$ at the saturation temperature of $40^{\circ}C$. All popular heat transfer correlations in single-phase subcooled liquid flow and flow condensation originally developed for large single tubes predicted the present data of the multi channel flat tube within $25\%$ deviation when effective heat transfer area was used in determining experimental data. This suggests that there is little change in flow characteristics and patterns when the tube diameter is reduced down to 1.4 mm diameter range. Hence, a modified correlation based on the present data was proposed which could be applied to small diameter tubes with effective heat transfer area. The correlation showed a mean deviation of less than $20\%$ for all data.
Keywords
Flow condensation; Multi-channel flat tube; R22; R410A; Propane;
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