An active control strategy for reduction of pressure instabilities during flow boiling in a microchannel

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bhide, Rohit R ^a   Singh, Shiv G ^b   Sridharan, A ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; DIFFERENT MASS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLUCTUATING PRESSURES; HIGH FREQUENCY; ON FLOW; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE INSTABILITY;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 79952634341     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/3/035021     Document Type: Article

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