Numerical study of vapor bubble effect on flow and heat transfer in microchannel

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-32

  Dong, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Jinliang ^b   Jiang, Fangming ^a   Liu, Pei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Lattice Boltzman method; Microchannel

Indexed keywords

BOILING FLOWS; BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BUBBLE BEHAVIOR; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FLOW BOILING; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; LATTICE BOLTZMAN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ON FLOW; SINGLE MICROCHANNEL; VAPOR BUBBLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NUCLEATION; VAPORS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84856337222     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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