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Critical heat flux in microscale channels and confined spaces: A review on experimental studies and prediction methods

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This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on critical heat flux (CHF) of flow boiling and pool boiling in micrscale channels and confined spaces. First, distinction between macro- and micro-scale channels is discussed. Then, the critical heat flux mechanisms are discussed. Next, experimental and theoretical studies of subcooled flow boiling CHF in microscale channels together with the prediction methods are reviewed. Following this, experimental and theoretical studies on saturated flow boiling CHF together with the prediction methods are summarized. Furthermore, experimental and theoretical studies on nucleate pool boiling CHF in confined spaces together with the prediction methods are briefly reviewed. So far, limited studies on CHF in microscale channels and confined spaces are available in the literature and there are numerous discrepancies in the existing studies on CHF results and mechanisms. There are no generalized prediction methods for CHF in microscale channels and confined spaces. According to this review, future research needs have been identified, including the frontier research of nanofluids CHF in microscale channels and confined spaces.

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Original Russian Text © Lixin Cheng, 2011, published in Rossiiskii Khimicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 85–98.

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Cheng, L. Critical heat flux in microscale channels and confined spaces: A review on experimental studies and prediction methods. Russ J Gen Chem 82, 2116–2131 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070363212120328

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