Numerical simulation of geometrical effects on the liquid flow and heat transfer in smooth rectangular microchannels

Proceedings of the ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference 2009, MNHMT2009

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 271-277

  Heming, Yun ^a   Baoming, Chen ^a   Binjian, Chen ^a,b  

^a Jianzhu University   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics); Hydraulic diameter; Microchannel; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); CFD METHOD; CHANNEL LENGTH; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; ENTRANCE EFFECTS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID FLOW; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ON FLOW; OPTIMIZING DESIGN; POROUS RATIO; SMOOTH RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MACHINE DESIGN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77954321495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2009-18413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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