Boiling heat transfer of co- and counter-current microchannel heat exchangers with gas heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 20-29

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

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boiling heat transfer; Microchannel heat exchanger; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BOILING HEAT-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; COLD SIDE; CONVECTIVE BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; COUNTER CURRENT; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID INLET TEMPERATURE; INLET SUBCOOLING; INLET TEMPERATURE; LIQUID METHANOL; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SILICON-BASED; VAPOR QUALITY; WORKING FLUID;

GAS HEATING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; LIQUIDS; METHANOL; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VAPORS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84867626444     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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