Flow boiling in microchannels and microgravity

Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-36

  Baldassari, Chiara ^a   Marengo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

E tv s number; Flow boiling; Microchannels; Microgravity; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FLOW; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CRITICAL REVIEW; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; FLOW BOILING; FLOW MECHANISMS; FORCED CONVECTION BOILING; GRAVITY FORCES; HEATING PROCESS; HVAC SYSTEM; INTERNAL FORCED CONVECTION; MACRO SCALE; MAIN OBJECTS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RELIABLE COOLING; RESEARCH FIELDS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMALL CHANNELS; SMALL SCALE; STATE OF THE ART; TUBE DIAMETERS; TUBE SIZE; VAPOR QUALITY;

CLIMATE CONTROL; FORCED CONVECTION; GRAVITATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROGRAVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RESEARCH; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

EID: 84869206729     PISSN: 03601285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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