Flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop in stepped fin microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-252

  Balasubramanian, K ^a   Lee, P S ^a   Teo, C J ^a   Chou, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flow boiling; Heat transfer characteristic; High speed visualization; Instability; Stepped fin microchannel; Two phase pressure drop

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING; FLOW BOILING; FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW BOILING INSTABILITIES; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH-SPEED VISUALIZATION; TWO-PHASE PRESSURE DROPS;

ASPECT RATIO; DEIONIZED WATER; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INLET FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISUALIZATION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84883864444     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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