Heat transfer characteristics of flow boiling in a single horizontal microchannel

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1086-1094

  Celata, Gian Piero ^a   Saha, Sujoy Kumar ^b   Zummo, Giuseppe ^a   Dossevi, Denam ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flow pattern; Heat transfer; Instability; Microchannel; Subcooled flow boiling

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; FLOW BOILING; FLOW INSTABILITIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; MASS FLUX; REVERSE FLOW; STABLE FLOWS; SUBCOOLED FLOW BOILING; UNSTABLE FLOWS; UPSTREAM DIRECTION; VERY HIGH HEAT FLUX;

FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BOILING LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955226937     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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