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Horizontal Nucleate Flow boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient Measurements and Visual Observations for R12, R134a, and R134a/Ester Lubricant Mixtures (NISTIR 5144)

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Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, M P. Kaul

Abstract

The heat transfer characteristics of horizontal nucleate flow boiling of R12, R134a, and R134a/Ester Lubricant mixtures were investigated both visually and calorimetrically.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5144
Report Number
5144

Keywords

building technology, boiling, dichlorodifluoromethane (R12), 1, 1, 1, 2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a), heat transfer coefficients, lubricants, visualization

Citation

Kedzierski, M. and Kaul, M. (1993), Horizontal Nucleate Flow boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient Measurements and Visual Observations for R12, R134a, and R134a/Ester Lubricant Mixtures (NISTIR 5144), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5144 (Accessed April 23, 2024)
Created March 1, 1993, Updated November 10, 2018