TY - JOUR
TI - Kandlikar third number map for flow boiling in micro-channels and micro-gravity
AU - Awad Mohamed M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 3
SP - 1131
EP - 1134
PT - Article
AB - As an extension of the recent work of Baldassari and Marengo (Baldassari C.,  Marengo M., Flow Boiling in Microchannels and Microgravity, Progress in  Energy and Combustion Science 39 (2013) 1, pp. 1-36), this note presents  Kandlikar third number (K3) map for flow boiling in microchannels and  microgravity. Using several data points available in the literature,  Kandlikar third number (K3) map was plotted versus the hydraulic diameter  (dh) as the characteristic dimension for flow boiling in microchannels and  microgravity. The ranges of the Kandlikar third number (K3), calculated using  the hydraulic diameter (dh), are presented.