A comparative study of flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics in microgap and microchannel heat sink and an evaluation of microgap heat sink for hotspot mitigation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 335-347

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Local hotspot; Microchannel heat sink; Microgap heat sink; Pressure instability

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE CHARACTERISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COOLANT FLOW; DIFFERENT MASS; DRY-OUT; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLOW REVERSALS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATED SURFACES; HIGH HEAT FLUX; HIGH-SPEED FLOW VISUALIZATION; HOT SPOT; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICRO GAPS; PRESSURE INSTABILITY; TWO PHASE; VERY HIGH HEAT FLUX; WALL TEMPERATURES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; DEIONIZED WATER; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DROP; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 84870707984     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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