Proposed models, ongoing experiments, and latest numerical simulations of microchannel two-phase flow boiling

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-101

  Szczukiewicz, S ^a   Magnini, M ^a   Thome, J R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Flow instability; Heat transfer; Microchannels; Numerical simulations; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW INSTABILITIES; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; TWO-PHASE FLOW BOILING; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION DATUM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84889589576     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2013.10.014     Document Type: Review

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