Flow boiling of hydrocarbons and their zeotropic binary mixtures under pre-and post-dryout conditions

摘要: This paper concerns an experimental evaluation of the flow boiling heat transfer coefficient of R290, R600a and R1270 focusing on the replacement of R134a in commercial, and residential air-conditioning and refrigeration applications. Moreover, new zeotropic binary mixtures (R600a/R290, 70/30% molar fraction, and R600a/R1270, 75/25% molar fraction) with similar range of temperature applications than R134a are proposed and evaluated. Experiments are performed inside a conduit with a diameter of 9.43 mm for mass velocity ranging from 50 to 300 kg/(m2 s), local heat flux from 10 to 30 kW/m2, vapor quality from 0 to 1, and saturation temperature of 5 °C. In general, higher heat transfer coefficients are obtained for pure hydrocarbons, followed by the mixtures, therefore, showing a better heat transfer performance than R134a. Similar heat transfer coefficients are noticed among pure hydrocarbons, with R600a …