Competing effects of dielectrophoresis and buoyancy on nucleate boiling and an analogy with variable gravity boiling results

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-379

  Snyder, T J ^a   Chung, J N ^b,b  

^a TEKTRONIX INC   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Microgravity Heat Transfer; Phase Change Phenomena

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

DIELECTROPHORESIS;

NUCLEATE BOILING;

BOILING; BUOYANCY; GRAVITY;

EID: 0032079153     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824259     Document Type: Article

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