Hydraulic and thermal characteristics of a vapor venting two-phase microchannel heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 25-26, 2011, Pages 5504-5516

  David, Milnes P ^a   Miler, Josef ^a   Steinbrenner, Julie E ^a   Yang, Yizhang ^b   Touzelbaev, Maxat ^b   Goodson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Microchannel heat exchanger; Porous hydrophobic membrane; Two phase; Vapor separation

Indexed keywords

FLOW BOILING; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; POROUS HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANES; TWO PHASE; VAPOR SEPARATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCHANNELS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80053196114     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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