Flow boiling in microchannels: Fundamentals and applications

Experimental study of efficient mixing in a micro-fluidized bed

“…Such micro-reactors have already found application in industrial plants in so-called 'scaled-out' systems that are capable of production rates greater than their conventional counterparts in far smaller volumes [1]. Another very important application of micro-devices is in the high-heat flux cooling of computer micro-chips and datacentres [3,4], and in compact heat exchangers in the refrigeration, power, automotive, chemical, cryogenics and aerospace sectors [5][6][7]. A closely related field that is arguably the precursor of chemical micro-processing is microfluidics [8][9][10][11].…”

Thermal Energy Processes in Direct Steam Generation Solar Systems: Boiling, Condensation and Energy Storage – A Review

“…The flow boiling research that is specifically related to water/steam systems, is mostly confined to critical heat flux and subcooled flow boiling (Weisman and Pei, 1983) correlations for both macro-and micro-channels (Thome, 2004;Karayiannis and Mahmoud, 2017). In macrochannels that are used in nuclear applications, the saturated boiling is not desired due to safety reasons (Hewitt, 1982).…”

Modeling of pressure drop and heat transfer for flow boiling in a mini/micro-channel of rectangular cross-section

“…On further increasing the compressible volume, there was a decrease in pressure fluctuation frequency. Karayiannis and Mahmoud [14] pointed out the lack of data on the effect of flow reversal on heat transfer coefficient. Kandlikar et al [15] observed pressure fluctuation and flow reversal due to the interaction between the neighbouring channels in a parallel microchannel heat sink.…”