Flow boiling of water in a minichannel: The effects of surface wettability on two-phase pressure drop

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1894-1905

  Phan, Hai Trieu ^a,b   Caney, Nadia ^a   Marty, Philippe ^a   Colasson, Stéphane ^b   Gavillet, Jérôme ^b  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Flow boiling; Microchannel; Nanocoating; Pressure drop; Surface wettability

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DEVIATION; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING OF WATER; MASS FLUX; MINI CHANNELS; NANO-COATINGS; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE TENSION FORCE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TEST CHANNEL; TRIPLE CONTACT LINE; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOILING LIQUIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; HEAT FLUX; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICONES; SURFACE TENSION; TITANIUM; WETTING;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 79955472066     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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