Boiling two-phase flow and efficiency of co- and counter-current microchannel heat exchangers with gas heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 6130-6141

  Liu, Tsung Lin ^a   Fu, Ben Ran ^a   Pan, Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Microchannel heat exchanger; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOWS; BOILING TWO-PHASE FLOW; COLD SIDE; COUNTER CURRENT; DRY-OUT; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; EXHAUST HEAT; FLOW PATTERN MAP; GAS PRODUCT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID METHANOL; METHANOL REFORMER; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; MICROFABRICATION PROCESS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; SILICON-BASED; SINGLE- AND TWO-PHASE FLOW; SLUG FLOW; THERMAL POWER; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS; WORKING FLUID;

EFFICIENCY; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS HEATING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HELIUM; LIQUID FILMS; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84864285023     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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