Experimental study and model on critical heat flux of refrigerant-123 and water in microchannels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kuan, Wai Keat ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Channel flow; Critical heat flux; Heat transfer; Microscale; Modeling critical heat flux; Two phase

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EVAPORATION; MICROCHANNELS; REFRIGERANTS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

BACKFLOW; FLOW INSTABILITY; MACROSCALE RECTANGULAR EQUATION;

HEAT FLUX;

CHANNEL FLOW; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; MICROCHANNELS; REFRIGERANTS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

EID: 42649120308     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2804936     Document Type: Article

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