doctoral thesis
A pragmatic approach towards modeling microchannel condensation and evaporation
2015
A numerical code was developed for modeling phase change micro heat exchangers. The model covers evaporating and condensing annular flows as well as slug/elongated bubble flows. The model was validated against a set of experimental results from different laboratories and depicted good agreement with the data. The model takes puts a particular emphasis at optimizing the geometry and operating conditions of micro heat exchagers in a fast and reliable manner.
Type
doctoral thesis
Author(s)
Advisors
Jury
Prof. F. Maréchal (président) ; Prof. J.R. Thome (directeur) ; Prof. C. Colin, Prof. D. Del Col, Dr P. Leyland (rapporteurs)
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Publisher place
Lausanne
Public defense year
2015-03-11
Thesis number
6532
EPFL units
Faculty
School
Doctoral School
Available on Infoscience
March 3, 2015
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