TY - JOUR
T1 - Boiling and two-phase flow in channels with extremely small dimensions
T2 - A review of Japanese research
AU - Ohta, Haruhiko
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The results by the present author were obtained in the research under the program of the NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) titled ’’Project of Fundamental Technology Development for Energy Conservation,’’ 2002–2004. The author appreciates the support from Mr. Katsuharu Ohtsubo, Dr. Hiroya Shida, Mr. Osamu Ogawa in the NEDO, Prof. Hiroshi Kawamura, Prof. Koichi Suzuki at the Tokyo University of Science, Dr. Yoshiyuki Abe at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Dr. Hideo Iwasaki at the Toshiba Corporation, and by Prof. Kamiel, S. Gabriel in University Saskachewan.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Research concerning micro-actuators utilizing vapor-liquid interfacial phenomena has been carried out extensively to develop thermal devices applied to micromachines. On the other hand, the application of two-phase flow is useful for the removal of waste heat from the semiconductor chips with highly increased heat generation density to be integrated in notebook PCs. In the present paper, the latest Japanese research on boiling and two-phase flow in minichannels is reviewed, covering the topics for the fundamental phenomena and practical applications. Boiling in a narrow channel between parallel plates is an ideal system for the development of high-performance heat exchangers with extremely small sizes. The promising approaches to increasing the critical heat flux (CHF) are introduced, including those by the present author, to compensate for the disadvantages inherent in this system.
AB - Research concerning micro-actuators utilizing vapor-liquid interfacial phenomena has been carried out extensively to develop thermal devices applied to micromachines. On the other hand, the application of two-phase flow is useful for the removal of waste heat from the semiconductor chips with highly increased heat generation density to be integrated in notebook PCs. In the present paper, the latest Japanese research on boiling and two-phase flow in minichannels is reviewed, covering the topics for the fundamental phenomena and practical applications. Boiling in a narrow channel between parallel plates is an ideal system for the development of high-performance heat exchangers with extremely small sizes. The promising approaches to increasing the critical heat flux (CHF) are introduced, including those by the present author, to compensate for the disadvantages inherent in this system.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10404-004-0018-3
DO - 10.1007/s10404-004-0018-3
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:20444421179
SN - 1613-4982
VL - 1
SP - 94
EP - 107
JO - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
JF - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
IS - 2
ER -