Overview
- Explains the effect of expanding microchannel geometries on flow boiling instabilities and hotspot mitigation;
- Improves fundamental understanding of flow boiling behavior in microscale geometries;
- Performs parametric studies with systematic high speed visualizations;
- Presents an evaluation of the effect of expanding microchannel heat sink for scaled up geometries.
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science (BRIEFSTHERMAL)
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Table of contents(6 chapters)
About this book
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 that, comparison with literatures is also performed. Finally, parametric studies are performed and presented in the brief. The findings from this study could help in understanding the complex microscale flow boiling behavior and aid in the design and implementation of reliable compact heat sinks for practical applications.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Tamanna Alam
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Poh-Seng Lee
About the authors
Poh-Seng Lee is Associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Tamanna Alam is a Post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Flow Boiling in Expanding Microchannels
Authors: Tamanna Alam, Poh-Seng Lee
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55032-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55031-2Published: 07 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55032-9Published: 24 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 82
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamics