Two-phase flow in high-heat-flux micro-channel heat sink for refrigeration cooling applications: Part I - Pressure drop characteristics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 928-940

  Lee, Jaeseon ^a   Mudawar, Issam ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Micro channels; Pressure drop; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COPPER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT SINKS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRIGERATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COPPER BLOCKS; FLOW MODELS; GROOVES; SUPERHEAT;

HEAT FLUX;

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNEL; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERATION; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 13644262522     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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