Study of a vertical boiling flow in rectangular mini-channels

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 753-760

  Madrid, Francesc ^a   Caney, Nadia ^a   Marty, Philippe ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DROP;

BOILING FLOW; CONFINED SPACES; VAPOR QUALITY;

BOILING LIQUIDS;

EID: 34250194969     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630701328445     Document Type: Article

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