An experimental investigation of flow boiling in an asymmetrically heated rectangular microchannel
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- Title
- An experimental investigation of flow boiling in an asymmetrically heated rectangular microchannel
- Authors
- Huh, C; Kim, MH
- Date Issued
- 2006-08
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Abstract
- By using unique experimental techniques and carefully constructed experimental apparatus, the characteristics of flow boiling of water in microscale were investigated using a single horizontal rectangular microchannel. A polydimethylsiloxane rectangular microchannel (D-h = 103.5 and 133 mu m) was fabricated by using the replica molding technique, a kind of soft lithography. A piecewise serpentine platinum microheater array on a Pyrex substrate was fabricated with the surface micromachining MEMS technique. Real time flow visualization of the phase change phenomena inside the microchannel was performed using a high speed CCD camera with microscope. The experimental local boiling heat transfer coefficients were studied, and single bubble inception, growth, and departure, as well as elongated bubble behavior were analyzed to elucidate the microscale heat transfer mechanisms. Tests were performed for mass fluxes of 77.5, 154.9, and 309.8 kg/m(2) s and heat fluxes of 180-500 kW/m(2). The effects of mass flux, heat flux, and vapor qualities on flow boiling heat transfer in a microchannel were studied. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- flow boiling; microchannel; heat transfer coefficient; two-phase flow pattern; PRESSURE-DROP; GENERAL CORRELATION; CHANNELS; TUBES; FLUX
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/23780
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.03.007
- ISSN
- 0894-1777
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, vol. 30, no. 8, page. 775 - 784, 2006-08
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