Experimental investigations on liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 3069-3080

  Liu, Chao ^a,b   Teng, Jyh Tong ^b   Chu, Jian Cherng ^b   Chiu, Yi Lang ^b   Huang, Suyi ^a   Jin, Shiping ^a   Dang, Thanhtrung ^c   Greif, Ralph ^d   Pan, Hsin Hung ^e  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Heat transfer; Longitudinal vortex generators; Rectangular microchannels

Indexed keywords

ANGLES OF ATTACK; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LIQUID FLOW; LONGITUDINAL VORTEX GENERATORS; MICOCHANNELS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; TWO PARAMETER;

ASPECT RATIO; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 79955464093     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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