Heat Transfer Enhancement of Falling Film Evaporation on a Horizontal Tube by Thermal Spray Coating

Falling film evaporators are gaining popularity as substitutes to typical flooded evaporators because of their low refrigerant charge. It is important to form and keep a thin liquid film on the heat transfer surface to ensure their high heat transfer performance. In this study, as a heat transfer en...

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Main Authors: Tsutomu Ubara, Hitoshi Asano, Katsumi Sugimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/5/1632