Critical heat flux for subcooled flow boiling in micro-channel heat sinks

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3341-3352

  Lee, Jaeseon ^a   Mudawar, Issam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical heat flux; Flow boiling; Micro channel; Subcooled boiling

Indexed keywords

BACKFLOW; BUBBLE DEPARTURE DIAMETERS; CORE LIQUIDS; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; DEPARTURE FROM NUCLEATE BOILING; FLOW BOILING; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITIONS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEOS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETERS; INLET TEMPERATURES; LOW MASS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS VELOCITIES; MICRO-CHANNEL; MICRO-CHANNEL WALLS; OUTLET PRESSURES; PRE-COOLING; RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTIONS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; SUB-COOLING; SUBCOOLED BOILING; SUBCOOLED FLOW BOILING; SUBCOOLINGS; TOTAL MASS; WALL TEMPERATURES; WORKING FLUIDS;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDS; HEAT SINKS; HYDRAULICS; NUCLEATE BOILING; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; TABLE LOOKUP; VAPORS; VOID FRACTION;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 64749111469     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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