The use of a nano- and microporous surface layer to enhance boiling in a plate heat exchanger

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Furberg, Richard ^a   Palm, Björn ^a   Li, Shanghua ^a   Toprak, Muhammet ^a   Muhammed, Mamoun ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

134a; Enhanced boiling; Flow boiling; Microstructured; Nanostructured; Plate heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

BOILING ENHANCEMENT; BOILING FLOWS; BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE BOILING; COPPER STRUCTURES; ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; MICROPOROUS; NANO-STRUCTURED; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; POOL BOILING; REFRIGERANT MASS FLUX; SUPERPOSITION MODEL; SURFACE INCLINATION ANGLE; SURFACE LAYERS; TWO-PHASE FLOW HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROPOROSITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEATE BOILING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFRIGERANTS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77955289061     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3180702     Document Type: Article

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