Optimization of micro heat exchanger: CFD, analytical approach and multi-objective evolutionary algorithms

K Foli, T Okabe, M Olhofer, Y Jin, B Sendhoff - International journal of heat …, 2006 - Elsevier
Advances in miniaturization have led to the use of microchannels as heat sinks in industry.
Studies have established that the thermal performance of a microchannel depends on its …

Viscous heating in liquid flows in micro-channels

GL Morini - International journal of heat and mass transfer, 2005 - Elsevier
Many experimental works on forced convection through micro-channels evidenced that
when the hydraulic diameter is less than 1mm, conventional theory can no longer be …

Scale effects on hydrodynamics and heat transfer in two-dimensional mini and microchannels

P Gao, S Le Person, M Favre-Marinet - International journal of thermal …, 2002 - Elsevier
The present paper is devoted to experimental investigations of the flow and the associated
heat transfer in two-dimensional microchannels. Scaling laws pertaining to the …

Experimental study and CFD modelling on the thermal and flow behavior of EG/water ZnO nanofluid in multiport mini channels

T Wen, L Lu, S Zhang, H Zhong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanofluid and mini channel are two promising approaches to enhance the heat transfer
performance. The present study combined these two techniques together and investigated …

A fractal analysis of laminar flow resistance in roughened microchannels

S Yang, B Yu, M Zou, M Liang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2014 - Elsevier
The fractal geometry theory and method are used to simulate the rough surface topography.
The pressure gradients, friction factors and Poiseuille numbers for laminar flow through …

Scaling effects for liquid flows in microchannels

GL Morini - Heat Transfer Engineering, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Many experimental works on the forced convection through microchannels seem to show
that when the hydraulic diameter is less than 1 mm, the conventional theory can no longer …

Fluid flow and convective heat transfer in flat microchannels

O Mokrani, B Bourouga, C Castelain… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study investigates the design, construction and instrumentation of an experimental
microchannel, with a rectangular cross-section and large aspect ratio, that allows …

Compact thermal models for electronic systems

MN Sabry - IEEE Transactions on components and packaging …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compact thermal models have been constructed for different levels in electronic systems
with a variable degree of success. In this work first steps toward constructing a unifying …

Heat transfer–a review of 2000 literature

RJ Goldstein, ERG Eckert, WE Ibele… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Heat transfer continues to be a major field of interest to engineering and scientific
researchers, as well as designers, developers, and manufacturers. The wealth of …

The role of the viscous dissipation in heated microchannels

GL Morini, M Spiga - 2007 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Many experimental works appeared in the last decade in the open literature dealing with
forced convection through microchannels. The earliest experimental results on single-phase …