Abstract
Pool boiling heat transfer coefficients of R134a with different lubricant mass fractions for one smooth tube and five enhanced tubes were tested at a saturation temperature of 6°C. The lubricant used was polyvinyl ether. The lubrication mass fractions were 0.25%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0%, 5.0%, 7.0%, and 10.0%, respectively. Within the tested heat flux range, from 9000 W/ m 2 to 90,000 W/ m2, the lubricant generally has a different influence on pool boiling heat transfer of these six tubes.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 111502 |
| Journal | Journal of Heat Transfer |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- enhancement heat transfer
- lubricant
- nucleate pool boiling