Two-phase flow instabilities in a silicon microchannels heat sink

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 854-867

  Bogojevic, D ^a   Sefiane, K ^a   Walton, A J ^b   Lin, H ^b   Cummins, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Integrated Micro and Nano Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instability; Microchannels; Microsensors; Silicon heat sinks; Two phase flow boiling

Indexed keywords

BOILING INSTABILITIES; COOLING LIQUID; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW BOILING; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLOW REGIMES; FREQUENCY INSTABILITIES; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INLET WATER TEMPERATURES; INSTABILITY; MASS FLUX RATIO; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; NICKEL FILM; NONUNIFORMITY; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SILICON MICROCHANNELS; SUBCOOLINGS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; TWO-PHASE FLOW BOILING; UNIFORM HEATING; UNSTABLE FLOWS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; MICROSENSORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 70349173501     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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