Flow boiling in a micro-channel coated with carbon nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 639-649

  Khanikar, Vikash ^a   Mudawar, Issam ^a   Fisher, Timothy S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING CURVE; BOTTOM WALL; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; BULK LIQUID; CHF ENHANCEMENT; COPPER WALLS; FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; INTERFACIAL FEATURES; LIQUID SUBCOOLING; LOW MASS; LOW VELOCITIES; MASS VELOCITY; POOL BOILING; WORKING FLUID;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEIONIZED WATER; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUIDS; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUCLEATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

VELOCITY;

EID: 70349229174     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2009.2015232     Document Type: Article

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