Analysis and active control of pressure-drop flow instabilities in boiling microchannel systems

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 2347-2360

  Zhang, TieJun ^a   Peles, Yoav ^a   Wen, John T ^a   Tong, Tao ^b,d   Chang, Je Young ^d   Prasher, Ravi ^c,d   Jensen, Michael K ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Active control; Boiling; Microchannel; Pressure drop oscillation; Two phase flow instability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; BOILING; BOILING FLOWS; DROP FLOW; DROP OSCILLATIONS; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; DYNAMIC OUTPUT-FEEDBACK; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FLOW CONTROLLERS; FLOW OSCILLATIONS; MASS FLOW; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNEL BOILING; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS; MOMENTUM BALANCE EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; OSCILLATOR MODEL; OSCILLATORY TRANSIENTS; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; VIRTUAL STATE;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HEAT SINKS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MICROCHANNELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); STATE FEEDBACK; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

EID: 77649191865     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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