Flow boiling heat transfer of R134a, R236fa and R245fa in a horizontal 1.030mm circular channel

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-663

  Ong, Chin L ^a   Thome, John R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boiling heat transfer; Microscale; Two phase flow patterns

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW PATTERN VISUALIZATION; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; ISOLATED BUBBLES; MASS FLUX; MICRO-SCALES; SATURATED FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; SMALL CHANNELS; SUBCOOLINGS; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; FLOCCULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUCLEATE BOILING; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 76749139261     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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