Numerical investigation of hydrodynamics and heat transfer of elongated bubbles during flow boiling in a microchannel

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 451-471

  Magnini, M ^a   Pulvirenti, B ^a   Thome, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Flow boiling; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Volume Of Fluid

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; CIRCULAR MICROCHANNEL; CURRENT LIMITATION; ENERGY EXCHANGES; EVAPORATION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLOW BOILING; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEIGHT FUNCTIONS; HIGH HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; LIQUID SLUG; LOCAL FEATURE; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; LOCAL PATTERNS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PREDICTIVE METHODS; SMALL SCALE; THEORETICAL MODELS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; WALL HEAT TRANSFER;

EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRONICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84872928934     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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