Bubble dynamics, flow, and heat transfer during flow boiling in parallel microchannels

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-405

  Suh, Youngho ^a   Lee, Woorim ^a   Son, Gihun ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; EMULSIFICATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; THERMOANALYSIS;

AND HEAT TRANSFER; BOILING PROCESSES; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE MOTIONS; COOLING METHODS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW REVERSALS; HIGH POWERS; LEVEL SET METHOD (LSM); LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACES; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; REVERSE FLOW; SOLID SURFACES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 46149112184     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780802164561     Document Type: Article

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