Flow boiling heat transfer enhancement of R134a in additively manufactured minichannels with microengineered surfaces

• Main Authors: Ye, Hanyang, Lum, Leymus Yong Xiang, Kandasamy, Ranjith, Zhao, Huanyu, Ho, Jin Yao
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Flow boiling; Additive manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180740
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metal components has opened new frontiers in heat transfer applications owing to its wide design freedom, which enables previously unexplored geometries with enhanced thermal performance to be developed. Open minichannels, on the other hand, consist of an extra manifol...