Investigation of liquid flow in a multi-pass branching microchannel system

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 9, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 1071-1080

  Dede, Ercan M ^a  

^a Toyota Motor North America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; TAPS;

COLD PLATES; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLUID FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS; LIQUID FLOW; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS; MULTI-PASS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; RECENT PROGRESS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84887298254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-85483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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