High heat flux flow boiling in silicon multi-microchannels - Part III: Saturated critical heat flux of R236fa and two-phase pressure drops

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 21-22, 2008, Pages 5426-5442

  Agostini, Bruno ^a   Revellin, Rémi ^b   Thome, John Richard ^a   Fabbri, Matteo ^c   Michel, Bruno ^c   Calmi, Daniele ^c   Kloter, Urs ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chip cooling; Critical heat flux; Flow boiling; Microchannel; Refrigerant

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FORECASTING; HEAT SINKS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS; SILICON; THERMAL MANAGEMENT (ELECTRONICS);

CHIP COOLING; FLOW BOILING; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MULTI MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODELING; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 51349117143     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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