The critical role of channel cross-sectional area in microchannel flow boiling heat transfer

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 904-913

  Harirchian, Tannaz ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Cross sectional dimensions; Flow boiling; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BOILING HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; CHANNEL DEPTH; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONFINEMENT; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS; DIELECTRIC FLUID; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DRY-OUT; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW REGIMES; FLUORINERT; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; LOCAL MEASUREMENT; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; SPECIFIC VALUES; TEST PIECES;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NUCLEATE BOILING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP; RANGE FINDING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 68949169192     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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