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| Author(s): |
Moreira, Debora C.
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Ribatski, Gherhardt
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Kandlikar, Satish G.
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Amer Soc Mech Engineers
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 2020 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOCHANNELS, MICROCHANNELS, AND MINICHANNELS (ICNMM2020); v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2020-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
This paper presents a comparison of heat transfer and pressure drop during single-phase flows inside diverging, converging, and uniform microgaps using distilled water as the working fluid. The microgaps were created on a plain heated copper surface with a polysulfone cover that was either uniform or tapered with an angle of 3.4 degrees. The average gap height was 400 microns and the length and width dimensions were 10 mm x 10 mm, resulting in an average hydraulic diameter of approximately 800 microns for all configurations. Experiments were conducted at atmospheric pressure and the inlet temperature was set to 30 degrees C. Heat transfer and pressure drop data were acquired for flow rates varying from 57 to 485 ml/min and the surface temperature was monitored not to exceed 90 degrees C to avoid bubble nucleation, so the heat flux varied from 35 to 153 W/cm(2) depending on the flow rate. The uniform configuration resulted in the lowest pressure drop, and the diverging one showed slightly higher pressure drop values than the converging configuration, possibly because the flow is most constrained at the inlet section, where the fluid is colder and presents higher viscosity. In addition, a minor dependence of pressure drop with heat flux was observed due to temperature dependent properties. The best heat transfer performance was obtained with the converging configuration, which was especially significant at low flow rates. This behavior could be explained by an increase in the heat transfer coefficient due to flow acceleration in converging gaps, which compensates the decrease in temperature difference between the fluid and the surface due to fluid heating along the gap. Overall, the comparison between the three configurations shows that converging microgaps have better performance than uniform or diverging ones for single-phase flows, and such effect is more pronounced at lower flow rates, when the fluid experiences higher temperature changes. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/24834-3 - Development of high performance heat spreaders based on multi-microchannels with micro- and nanostructured surfaces aiming at applications in solar absorbers |
| Grantee: | Debora Carneiro Moreira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/09509-1 - Phase change heat transfer processes of high performance applied to solar energy recovery |
| Grantee: | Gherhardt Ribatski |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/12576-5 - Design and experimental evaluation of microchannels-based thermal absorbers for solar collectors |
| Grantee: | Debora Carneiro Moreira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor |