Al-Khawarizmi Engineering Journal (Jan 2005)

An Experimental Study of Capillary Tubes Behavior With R-12 and R-134a

  • Hani A.Jasim,
  • Issam M.Ali

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 63 – 82

Abstract

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Experimental work has been performed on three capillary tubes of different lengths and diameters using R-12 and R-134a. The test also studies the effect of discharge and speed of evaporator fan. The results clearly showed that refrigerant type and discharge significantly influence the temperature drop across the capillary tube. While the speed of evaporator fan has small effect. Experimental results showed that the temperature gradient for the two refrigerants are the same, but after approximatly one meter the temperature gradient of R-134a is steeper than R-12.

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