Flow pattern of boiling in micro-channel by numerical simulation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1741-1753

  Zhuan, Rui ^a   Wang, Wen ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Flow boiling; Flow pattern; Lifting diameter; Micro channel; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BOILING FLOWS; BUBBLE FREQUENCY; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLY FLOW; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW PATTERN TRANSITION; FLUID PROPERTY; GENERATION FREQUENCY; LIFTING DIAMETER; MASS VELOCITY; SIMULATION; SLUG FLOW; TRANSITION LINES; VAPOR VELOCITIES; VAPOR-LIQUID INTERFACES; VOF METHOD;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; HEAT FLUX; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VAPORS;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 84355162336     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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