Publications by Sylwia Szczukiewicz

Proposed models, ongoing experiments, and latest numerical simulations of microchannel two-phase flow boiling

John Richard Thome, Mirco Magnini, Sylwia Szczukiewicz

A survey of the most recent work aimed at physically characterizing local heat transfer in flow boiling in microchannels is presented. This includes recent experimental work, new flow boiling prediction methods, and numerical simulations of microchannel sl ...

Elsevier2014

Two-phase flow operational maps for multi-microchannel evaporators

John Richard Thome, Navid Borhani, Sylwia Szczukiewicz

The current paper presents new operational maps for several different multi-microchannel evaporators, with and without any inlet restrictions (micro-orifices), for the two-phase flow of refrigerants R245fa, R236fa, and R1234ze(E). The test fluids flowed in ...

Elsevier2013

Critical Heat Flux of R134a and R245fa Inside Small-Diameter Tubes

John Richard Thome, Sylwia Szczukiewicz, Cristiano Bigonha Tibiriça

This article presents new experimental critical heat flux results under saturated flow boiling conditions for a macro/microscale tube. The data were obtained in a horizontal 2.20-mm inside diameter stainless-steel tube with heating lengths of 361 and 154 m ...

Taylor & Francis2013

Two-phase heat transfer and high-speed visualization of refrigerant flows in 100 × 100 μm2 silicon multi-microchannels

John Richard Thome, Navid Borhani, Sylwia Szczukiewicz

Two-phase flow boiling of R245fa, R236fa, and R1234ze(E) in 100 × 100 μm2 parallel microchannels for cooling of future 3D-ICs has been investigated. Significant flow instabilities, back flow, and non-uniform flow distribution among the channels were observ ...

Elsevier2013

Fine-resolution two-phase flow heat transfer coefficient measurements of refrigerants in multi-microchannel evaporators

John Richard Thome, Navid Borhani, Sylwia Szczukiewicz

The time-averaged two-phase flow heat transfer coefficients were determined with a very fine resolution based on infra-red (IR) temperature measurements conducted over a 1 cm(2) heated area of a multi-micro-, channel evaporator. This experimental investiga ...

Elsevier2013

Two-Phase Flow Boiling in a Single Layer of Future High-Performance 3D Stacked Computer Chips

John Richard Thome, Navid Borhani, Sylwia Szczukiewicz

The present study focuses on an experimental investigation of two-phase flow boiling in a silicon multi-microchannel evaporator, which emulates a single layer of a 3D stacked computer chip. The micro-evaporator is comprised of 67 parallel channels, each ha ...

Ieee2012

Thermal and Visual Operational Characteristics of Multi-Microchannel Evaporators using Refrigerants

Sylwia Szczukiewicz

Two-phase flow operational stability of refrigerants R245fa, R236fa, and R1234ze(E) in 100 x 100 μm2 multi-microchannels for cooling of future high-performance 3D stacked architectures with interlayer cooling has been addressed in the current experimental ...

EPFL2012

Critical Heat Flux of R134a and R245fa in 2.2 mm Circular Tube

John Richard Thome, Sylwia Szczukiewicz, Cristiano Bigonha Tibiriça

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