Numerical simulation and experimental observations of confined bubble growth during flow boiling in a microchannel with rectangular cross-section of high aspect ratio

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels 2009, ICNMM2009

Volumn , Issue PART B, 2009, Pages 1077-1085

  Zu, Y Q ^a   Gedupudi, S ^b   Yan, Y Y ^a   Karayiannis, T G ^b   Kenning, D B R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; BUBBLE DETACHMENTS; BUBBLE GENERATION; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE MOTION; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; CFD CODES; D-CHANNEL; DRY-OUT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW BOILING; FLOW REVERSALS; GLASS WINDOWS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATED LENGTHS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH HEAT FLUX; INLET PRESSURES; INTERNAL SOURCE; LIQUID INTERFACE; MASS FLUX; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ON FLOW; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SINGLE COPPER; VAPOUR BUBBLES;

ASPECT RATIO; BOILING LIQUIDS; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTAKE SYSTEMS; MICROCHANNELS; NUCLEATION; PARALLEL FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 77952849227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2009-82118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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