Experimental investigation of local flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics in microgap channel

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-174

  Alam, Tamanna ^a   Lee, Poh Seng ^a   Yap, Christopher R ^a   Jin, Liwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confinement effect; Hotspots; Microgap channel; Pressure instability; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CONFINED BOILING; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; COOLING TECHNOLOGY; DIFFERENT MASS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; GAP SIZE; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HIGH-SPEED VISUALIZATION; HOTSPOTS; LOCAL FLOWS; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MICRO GAPS; ONSET OF NUCLEATE BOILING; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTIC; PRESSURE INSTABILITY; SILICON-BASED; SIZE EFFECTS; THIN FILM EVAPORATION; WITH INLETS;

COOLING; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUCLEATE BOILING; PRESSURE DROP; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84858716121     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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