Consolini, LorenzoRibatski, GherhardtThome, John R.Zhang, WeiXu, Jinliang2006-09-282006-09-282006-09-28200710.1080/01457630701378226https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/234179Remarkably different behaviors are found when comparing micro-scale flow boiling heat transfer data by distinct authors, even under similar experimental conditions. Such differences are almost certainly related to the complexity of confined forced-flow boiling. Certain aspects of the phenomenon, which are negligible in the macro-scale, become surprisingly relevant when the system size becomes small. From the results reported in the literature on the thermal-fluid features of evaporating flows in small channels, the following study presents a discussion concerning convective boiling heat transfer, highlighting the aspects that are characteristic to confined two-phase flows.Heat TransferMicro-scale Flow Boilingtext::journal::journal article::research article