Consolini, Lorenzo Ribatski, Gherhardt Thome, John R. Zhang, Wei Xu, Jinliang
Verschenen in:
Heat transfer engineering
Paginering:
Jaargang 28 (2007) nr. 10 pagina's 826-833
Jaar:
2007-10
Inhoud:
Remarkably different behaviors are found when comparing micro-scale flow boiling heat transfer data by distinct authors, even under similar experimental conditions. Such differences are almost certainly related to the complexity of confined forced-flow boiling. Certain aspects of the phenomenon, which are negligible in the macro-scale, become surprisingly relevant when the system size becomes small. From the results reported in the literature on the thermal-fluid features of evaporating flows in small channels, the following study presents a discussion concerning convective boiling heat transfer, highlighting the aspects that are characteristic to confined two-phase flows.