System instability of evaporative micro-channels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1731-1739

  Lee, Hee Joon ^a   Yao, Shi chune ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Incipient boiling; Instability; Parallel micro channels; System

Indexed keywords

BINARY STATE; CO-EXISTENCE; CONSTANT FLOW RATES; INCIPIENT BOILING; INLET SUBCOOLING; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY CRITERION; LIQUID PHASE; MASS FLUX; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PRE-HEATER; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-STATE;

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; INLET FLOW; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SYSTEM STABILITY; VAPORS;

PARALLEL FLOW;

EID: 76749160734     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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