Burnout in subcooled flow boiling of water. A visual experimental study

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 896-908

  Celata, Gian Piero ^a   Cumo, Maurizio ^b   Mariani, Andrea ^a   Zummo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boiling; Bubbles; Critical heat flux; Flow boiling; Subcooling; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041696986     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(00)01175-3     Document Type: Article

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