Pool boiling curve in microgravity

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 216-222

  Lee, Ho Sung ^a   Merte Jr , Herman ^a,b   Chiaramonte, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REFRIGERANTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MICROGRAVITY; POOL BOILING CURVES;

NUCLEATE BOILING;

EID: 0031120790     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6225     Document Type: Article

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