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Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol.25, No.4, 377-390, 2012
THE EFFECT OF HEAT EXCHANGER TYPE ON TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT AND PRESSURE DROP
Three different types of heat exchangers were tested experimentally to investigate two-phase heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop during the condensation process of CO2 gas. Experimental results revealed that the convection heat transfer coefficient was enhanced by a factor of four due to the existence of porous media and by a factor of seven due to the use of micro-pipes when compared to the normal macro-tubes. The pressure drop was measured and noticed only in porous tubes and micro-pipes, reaching about 17.5 kPa/m and 8.4 kPa/m, respectively. Comparisons between experimental and correlated results were conducted.