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Parallel channel heat transfer system is an attractive means to enhance heat transfer by increasing the total surface area in the heat exchanger. Uniform distribution of flow in the channels is an important operation attribute in order to avoid channel dryout and the subsequent hot spots and possible device failure. For the system operating in the single-phase regime, uniform flow distribution is a stable equilibrium. However, in the two-phase boiling regime, stable equilibrium bifurcates – the uniform distribution becomes unstable, and new stable or unstable non-uniform distributions, or maldistributions, equilibria emerge. As a result, parallel channel heat exchangers typically operate in the single phase regime to avoid such “maldistribution instability”. This paper presents a stability analysis and active flow and temperature control of a parallel channel evaporator in a pumped two-phase boiling heat transfer loop. We …