Hydrodynamics and heat transfer during flow boiling instabilities in a single microchannel

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1299-1308

  Barber, Jacqueline ^a,b   Sefiane, Khellil ^a   Brutin, David ^b   Tadrist, Lounes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Boiling; Flow boiling instabilities; Heat transfer; Microchannels; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BOILING INSTABILITIES; MICROCHANNEL GEOMETRIES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE OSCILLATION; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 60649098120     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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