Flow Boiling in Expanding Microchannels

• Main Authors: Alam, Tamanna (Author), Lee, Poh-Seng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

This Brief presents an up to date summary of details of the flow boiling heat transfer, pressure drop and instability characteristics; two phase flow patterns of expanding microchannels. Results obtained from the different expanding microscale geometries are presented for comparison and addition to...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Flow Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics in Expanding Microgap Channel
• Flow Boiling Instabilities in Expanding Microgap Channel
• Flow Boiling Heat Transfer, Pressure Drop and Instabilities in Straight and Expanding (Sloping Fin) Microchannels - A Comparative Study
• Flow Boiling Performance in Scaled Up Expanding Channel Geometries: Stepped Fin Minichannels
• Closure.