RP-1067 -- Single-Phase Refrigerant Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop Characterization Of High Reynolds Number Flow For Internally Finned Tubes Including The Effects Of Miscible Oils PDF

The objective of this research project is to develop, through experimentation, non-dimensional pressure drop and heat transfer correlations which may be used to predict performance of internally finned tubing through a 5,000 to 1,000,000 Reynolds number range with and without oil for single-phase refrigerants and tubes of commercial interest. Liquid Reynolds numbers as low as 5,000 are required for proper refrigerant thermophysical property determination and to verify the experimental facility across a range of transitional and turbulent Reynolds numbers.