Thermal analysis of micro-channel heat exchangers with two-phase flow using FEM

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-60

  Hegde, Pradeep ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^a   Quadir, G A ^a   Aswathanarayana, P A ^a   Abdullah, M Z ^a   Zainal, Z A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Flow; Pressure; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENTHALPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; MICROELECTRONICS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE DROP; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BOILING NUMBER; FLOW; FRICTION FACTOR; MASS FLOW RATES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 13844294435     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530510571949     Document Type: Article

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