Influence of magnetic field on two-phase flow convective boiling of some refrigerant mixtures

In this paper, an experimental study on the influence of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) on heat transfer characteristics of two-phase flow boiling of some refrigerant mixtures in air/refrigerant horizontal enhanced surface tubing is presented. Correlations were proposed to predict the impact of MHD on the heat transfer characteristics such as average heat transfer coefficients, and pressure drops of R-507, R-404A, R-410A, and R-407C in two-phase flow boiling inside enhanced surface tubing. In addition, it was found that the refrigerant mixture's pressure drop is a weak function of the mixture's composition. It was also evident that the proposed correlations for predicting the heat transfer characteristics were applicable to the entire heat and mass flux, investigated in the present study. The deviation between the experimental and predicted value using new and improved correlations for the heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop were less than +/- 20%, for the majority of data. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.