A visualization study of bubble behavior in saturated flow boiling through a vertical mini-tube

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 852-860

  Owhaib, Wahib ^a   Palm, Bjrn ^a   Martn Callizo, Claudi ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; CCD CAMERAS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCED CONVECTION; GROWTH RATE; HEAT FLUX;

FLOW BOILING; SATURATED BOILING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 34547366618     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630701378275     Document Type: Article

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