TY - GEN
T1 - Adiabatic two-phase pressure drop of refrigerants in small channels
AU - Field, Brandon S.
AU - Hrnjak, Pega
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The adiabatic pressure drop of two-phase refrigerant flow in small channels has been investigated. A rectangular channel with dh = 148.0 μm has been tested with four refrigerants: R134a, R410A, Propane (R290) and Ammonia (R717). This data has been combined with data taken from five different channels, with dh varying from 70 μm to 305 μm, of R134a. The measured pressure drops are compared to many published separated-flow and homogeneous pressure drop models. A new correlation for C, the Chisholm parameter, has been developed based on Reynolds number of the vapor phase (which contains the majority of the kinetic energy) and the dimensionless grouping Ψ - a dimensionless ratio of viscous to surface tension effects taken from the analysis of capillary flow performed by Sou and Griffith (1964). This allows the new correlation to account for the varying fluid properties (including surface tension) that are found in the different refrigerants. The new correlation takes flow regime into account by means of a Weber number based flow transition criteria, following the flow map of Akbar et al. [10].
AB - The adiabatic pressure drop of two-phase refrigerant flow in small channels has been investigated. A rectangular channel with dh = 148.0 μm has been tested with four refrigerants: R134a, R410A, Propane (R290) and Ammonia (R717). This data has been combined with data taken from five different channels, with dh varying from 70 μm to 305 μm, of R134a. The measured pressure drops are compared to many published separated-flow and homogeneous pressure drop models. A new correlation for C, the Chisholm parameter, has been developed based on Reynolds number of the vapor phase (which contains the majority of the kinetic energy) and the dimensionless grouping Ψ - a dimensionless ratio of viscous to surface tension effects taken from the analysis of capillary flow performed by Sou and Griffith (1964). This allows the new correlation to account for the varying fluid properties (including surface tension) that are found in the different refrigerants. The new correlation takes flow regime into account by means of a Weber number based flow transition criteria, following the flow map of Akbar et al. [10].
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U2 - 10.1115/icnmm2006-96200
DO - 10.1115/icnmm2006-96200
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33846961457
SN - 0791847608
SN - 9780791847602
T3 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006
SP - 1173
EP - 1180
BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006
Y2 - 19 June 2006 through 21 June 2006
ER -