Experimental investigations of flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop in straight and expanding microchannels - A comparative study

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2413-2421

  Balasubramanian, K ^a,b   Lee, P S ^a   Jin, L W ^a   Chou, S K ^a   Teo, C J ^a   Gao, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Expanding microchannels; Flow boiling; Heat transfer performance; Instability; Stabilizing effect; Two phase pressure drop

Indexed keywords

EXPANDING MICROCHANNELS; FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; STABILIZING EFFECTS; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

ASPECT RATIO; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT SINKS; MACHINING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 81155159743     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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