Abstract
Two-phase flow regime visualizations of HFO-1234yf and R-134a in a 6.70 mm inner diameter glass straight tube have been simultaneous investigated by top and side views with a high speed high resolution camera. No major difference was observed between both refrigerants. HFO-1234yf flow regimes were satisfactorily predicted by the Wojtan et al. [1] flow pattern map. In addition, 819 pressure drop data points measured during two-phase flow of refrigerants HFO-1234yf, R-134a and R-410A in horizontal straight tubes are presented. The tube diameter ( D) varies from 7.90 to 10.85 mm. The mass velocity ranges from 187 to 1702 kg m −2 s −1 and the saturation temperatures from 4.8 °C to 20.7 °C. The results are compared against 10 well-known two-phase frictional pressure drop prediction methods. For the entire database, the best accuracy is given by the method of Müller-Steinhagen and Heck [2] with around 90% of the data predicted within a ±30% error band. An analysis was carried out on the maximum pressure gradient and on the corresponding vapor quality. A statistical analysis for each flow regime was also carried out.
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