Flow boiling of liquid nitrogen in micro-tubes: Part I - The onset of nucleate boiling, two-phase flow instability and two-phase flow pressure drop

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 25-26, 2007, Pages 4999-5016

  Qi, S L ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Wang, R Z ^a   Xu, L X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Liquid nitrogen; Micro tube; ONB; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW BOILING; TEMPERATURE HYSTERESIS;

NUCLEATE BOILING;

LIQUID NITROGEN; NUCLEATE BOILING; PRESSURE DROP; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 36549078708     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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