Stabilization of flow boiling in microchannel heat sinks with a diverging cross-section design

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Chun Ting ^a   Pan, Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; HEAT STORAGE; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CHANNEL DEPTH (DC); FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING INSTABILITIES; HYDRAULIC DIAMETERS; MASS FLUXES; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICRO CHANNELS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; STABILITY BOUNDARIES; SUB-COOLING;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 47249090932     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/7/075035     Document Type: Article

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