Confinement effects on nucleate boiling and critical heat flux in buoyancy-driven microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2427-2436

  Geisler, K J L ^a   Bar Cohen, A ^b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Confinement; Electronics cooling; Heat transfer; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COOLING; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEATE BOILING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

BOILING; BUBBLE DEPARTURE DIAMETERS; CHANNEL SPACINGS; CONFINEMENT; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; CRITICAL HEAT FLUXES; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONICS COOLING; GEOMETRICAL CONFINEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENTS; LOW FLUXES; MICROCHANNEL; PARALLEL-PLATE CHANNELS; POOL BOILING; SURFACE MATERIALS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 63049121065     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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