Characteristics of flow boiling oscillations in silicon microchannel heat sinks

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1341-1351

  Muwanga, R ^a   Hassan, Ibrahim ^a   MacDonald, R ^b,c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b Washington Technology Center   (United States)

^c Lund Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling instability; Boiling oscillations; Cross linked heat sink; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX; MICROCHANNELS; SILICON;

BOILING INSTABILITY; BOILING OSCILLATION; CROSS-LINKED HEAT SINK;

HEAT SINKS;

BOILING LIQUIDS; FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNELS; SILICON;

EID: 36749069968     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2754946     Document Type: Article

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