Critical heat flux in multi-microchannel copper elements with low pressure refrigerants

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 110-122

  Park, Jung Eung ^a   Thome, John Richard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chip cooling; Critical heat flux; Flow boiling; Microchannel; Refrigerant

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL MASS; CHANNEL SIZES; CHIP COOLING; CIRCULAR TUBES; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW BOILING; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW DIRECTION; HIGH VELOCITY; INLET SUBCOOLING; LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANTS; MASS VELOCITY; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; PREDICTION METHODS; PREDICTIVE METHODS; RATE OF INCREASE; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SILICON PLATES; TEST SECTIONS;

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; REFRIGERANTS; TABLE LOOKUP; VELOCITY;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 71749112001     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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