Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 387020, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/387020
Research Article

Mechanistic Multidimensional Modeling of Forced Convection Boiling Heat Transfer

Michael Z. Podowski1 and Raf M. Podowski2

1Center for Multiphase Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 , USA
2SeeqPod, Inc., Emeryville, CA 94608, USA

Received 1 June 2008; Accepted 22 August 2008

Academic Editor: Iztok Tiselj

Copyright © 2009 Michael Z. Podowski and Raf M. Podowski. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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