Can segmented flow enhance heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks?

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3683-3691

  Betz, Amy Rachel ^a   Attinger, Daniel ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cooling; Heat sink; Heat transfer; Microfluidics; Multiphase flow; Segmented flow

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; ELECTRONIC COOLING; LIQUID COOLING; MASS VELOCITY; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; PERIODIC INJECTION; SEGMENTED FLOW; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION; T JUNCTIONS;

COOLING; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; WATER INJECTION;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 77953777515     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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