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i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f r e f r i g e r a t i o n 3 2 ( 2 0 0 9 ) 8 6 5 – 8 7 3 a v a i l a bl e at w w w . sc i e nc e d ir e c t . c om w w w . ii fi i r .o r g j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / i j r e f r i g Film condensation heat transfer characteristics of R134a on horizontal stainless steel integral-fin tubes at low heat transfer rate a b b, Rin Yun , Jaehyeok Heo , Yongchan Kim * aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University, San 16-1, Duckmyung-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Condensation heat transfer characteristics of R134a on the integral-fin tubes are experi- Received 20 August 2008 mentally investigated. The test tubes are made of stainless steel, and the root diameter of Received in revised form the tubes is 13.27 mm. The height of fin is 1.19 mm, and the densities of the integral fin are 20 November 2008 19 fpi and 26 fpi. The present tests were conducted at the saturation temperatures of 20 C Accepted 4 December 2008 and 30 C. The condensation heat transfer coefficients of the tubes having 19 fpi and 26 fpi Published online 13 December 2008 at the saturation temperature of 20 C are higher than that of the plain tube by 4.4 and 3.1 times, respectiv