Flow boiling heat transfer in two-phase micro-channel heat sinks-I. Experimental investigation and assessment of correlation methods

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2755-2771

  Qu, Weilin ^a   Mudawar, Issam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Micro channel

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; CORRELATION THEORY; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANNULAR FLOW; MICRO-CHANNELS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SINK; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0037783497     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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