A four-zone model for saturated flow boiling in a microchannel of rectangular cross-section

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 3439-3448

  Wang, Guodong ^a   Hao, Liang ^a   Cheng, Ping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Four zone model; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Rectangular cross section

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BOILING MODELS; FOUR-ZONE MODELS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SATURATED FLOW BOILING; SATURATED FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84871812666     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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