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Experimental Studies on Single Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannels  

Kim, Byong-Joo (Department of Mechanical and System Design Engineering, Hongik University)
Kim, Geon-Il (Graduate School, Hongik University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.20, no.12, 2008 , pp. 795-801 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experimental study has been performed on the single phase flow and convective heat transfer in trapezoidal microchannels. The microchannel was about $270{\mu}m$ wide, $800{\mu}m$ deep. and 7 mm long, which might ensure hydrodynamically fully-developed laminar flow at a low Reynolds number. The experiments were conducted with R1l3 and water, with the Reynolds number ranging from approximately 30 to 5000 for friction factor and 30 to 700 for the Nusselt number. Friction factors in laminar are found to be in good agreement with the predictions of existing correlation suggesting that a conventional analysis approach can be employed in predicting flow friction behavior in microchannels. However turbulent friction factors are hardly predictable by the existing correlations. The experimental results show that the Nusselt number is not a constant but increases almost linearly with the Reynolds number even the flow is fully developed (Re < 100). The dependence of the Nusslet number on the Reynolds number is contradictory to the conventional theory. At a Reynolds number greater than 100, the Nusselt number increases slowly with the Reynolds number, where thennally developing flow is responsible for the increase of the Nusselt number with the Reynolds number.
Keywords
Single phase flow and heat transfer; Microchannels; Friction factor; Nusselt number; Thermally developing flow;
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