Study on heat transfer characteristics for single-phase flow in rectangular microchannels

Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 891-896

  Mun, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Seon Chang ^b  

^a University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer coefficient; Rectangular microchannels; Single phase flow; Thermal entry length

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENTRY LENGTH; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; VARIABLE HEAT FLUX;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 80053032553     PISSN: 12264881     EISSN: 22885234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3795/KSME-B.2011.35.9.891     Document Type: Article

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