Simulation has been widely used for performance prediction and optimum design of
refrigeration systems. A brief review on history of simulation for vapour-compression …

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 …

A detailed one-dimensional steady and transient numerical simulation of the thermal and
fluid-dynamic behaviour of triple concentric-tube heat exchangers has been developed. The …

Concentrated solar energy is an ideal energy source for high-temperature energy
conversion processes such as concentrated solar power generation, solar thermochemical …

The objective of this study is to investigate the performance of coiled adiabatic capillary
tubes both numerically and experimentally by comparison with the straight capillaries. With …

This paper presents a homogeneous simulation model for choked flow conditions for pure
refrigerants (R134a, R600a) in adiabatic capillary tubes. The model is based on the first …

Approximate analytic solution of capillary tube is valuable for theoretical analysis and
engineering calculation. In this work, two kinds of approximate analytic solutions of adiabatic …

The influence of the phase transition model on the carbon dioxide (R744) converging–
diverging nozzle performance simulation was investigated in this study. The nozzle model …

A capillary tube is a common expansion device widely used in small-scale refrigeration and
air-conditioning systems. Generalized correlation method for refrigerant flow rate through …

In the present study, two-phase refrigerant flow is simulated using drift flux model for straight
and helical capillary tubes. The conservation equations of mass, energy and momentum are …