A study of critical heat flux during flow boiling in microchannel heat sinks

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Tailian ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHF; critical heat flux; electronics cooling; flow boiling; maximum cooling capacity; microchannel heat sinks

Indexed keywords

CHF; ELECTRONICS COOLING; FLOW BOILING; MAXIMUM COOLING CAPACITY; MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COOLANTS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TABLE LOOKUP;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 82655189456     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004715     Document Type: Article

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