Experimental investigation of flow patterns, pressure drop, and flow instability during flow boiling in a cross-linked microchannel heat sink

ASME 2010 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Collocated with 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, ICNMM2010

Volumn , Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 1703-1710

  Megahed, Ayman ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC COOLANTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; FLOW REGIMES; HEATED LENGTHS; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; INLET PRESSURES; LOW MASS; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; TWO-PHASE FRICTIONAL PRESSURE DROP; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84856018570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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