Correlation for flow boiling critical heat flux in thin rectangular channels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Tanaka, Futoshi ^a   Hibiki, Takashi ^b   Mishima, Kaichiro ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Critical heat flux; Flooding; Heated length; Rectangular channel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; NEUTRON SOURCES; OIL WELL FLOODING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CRITICAL HEAT FLUX(CHF); GEOMETRICAL CONDITIONS; HEATED LENGTHS; NON-CIRCULAR GEOMETRIES; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC DESIGNS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 77955258856     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3216037     Document Type: Article

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