A comparative study of viscous dissipation effect on entropy generation in single-phase liquid flow in microchannels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1026-1035

  Hung, Yew Mun ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bejan number; Brinkman number; Entropy generation; Irreversibility; Microchannel; Viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; VISCOUS FLOW;

BEJAN NUMBER; BRINKMAN NUMBER; ENTROPY GENERATION; IRREVERSIBILITY; MICROCHANNEL; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

ENTROPY;

EID: 60549086121     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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