Destabilization mechanisms and scaling laws of convective boiling in a minichannel

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 850-855

  Brutin, D ^a,b   Tadrist, L ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CONVECTIVE BOILING; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MINICHANNEL; NONDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

NUCLEATE BOILING;

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33750995555     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15971     Document Type: Article

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