A flow boiling heat transfer investigation of FC-72 in a microtube using liquid crystal thermography

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 977-987

  Muwanga, R ^a   Hassan, Ibrahim ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boiling; Dielectric fluid; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Microtube; Thermochromic liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; MICROCHANNEL PUMPED COOLING LOOP;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

BOILING LIQUIDS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

EID: 35348883291     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2728905     Document Type: Article

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