Heat transfer correlation for flow boiling in small to micro tubes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 553-574

  Mahmoud, Mohamed M ^a   Karayiannis, Tassos G ^b  

^a Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlations; Flow boiling; Microtubes; Models

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; MICRO-TUBES; MICROSCALE HEAT TRANSFER;

MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84882324568     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.042     Document Type: Article

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