The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of coiling on the flow characteristics of R-407C in an adiabatic spiral capillary tube. The characteristic coiling parameter for a spiral capillary tube is the coil pitch; hence, the effect of the coil pitch on the mass flow rate of R-407C was studied on several capillary tube test sections. It was observed that the coiling of the capillary tube significantly reduced the mass flow rate of R-407C in the adiabatic spiral capillary tube. In order to quantify the effect of coiling, the experiments were also conducted for straight a capillary tube, and it was observed that the coiling of the capillary tube reduced the mass flow rate in the spiral tube in the range of 9–18% as compared with that in the straight capillary tube. A generalized nondimensional correlation for the prediction of the mass flow rates of various refrigerants was developed for the straight capillary tube on the basis of the experimental data of R-407C of the present study, and the data of R-134a, R-22, and R-410A measured by other researchers. Additionally, a refrigerant-specific correlation for the spiral capillary was also proposed on the basis of the experimental data of R-407C of the present study.
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An Experimental Study of the Flow of R-407C in an Adiabatic Spiral Capillary Tube
M. K. Mittal,
M. K. Mittal
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, India
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R. Kumar,
R. Kumar
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
e-mail: ravikfme@iitr.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, India
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A. Gupta
A. Gupta
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, India
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M. K. Mittal
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, India
R. Kumar
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, Indiae-mail: ravikfme@iitr.ernet.in
A. Gupta
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
, Roorkee 247667, IndiaJ. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. Dec 2009, 1(4): 041003 (8 pages)
Published Online: May 19, 2010
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December 11, 2009
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March 16, 2010
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May 19, 2010
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May 19, 2010
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Mittal, M. K., Kumar, R., and Gupta, A. (May 19, 2010). "An Experimental Study of the Flow of R-407C in an Adiabatic Spiral Capillary Tube." ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. December 2009; 1(4): 041003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001484
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