Review of saturated flow boiling in small passages of compact heat-exchangers

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-140

  Watel, Barbara ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Compact heat exchanger; Convective boiling; Fins; Flow boiling; Flow patterns; Heat transfer coefficient; Multichannel; Nucleate boiling; Small channels; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037312786     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(02)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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