Flow characteristics and heat transfer performance of half-corrugated microchannels

•Pressure drop of half-corrugated and plat bottom microchannels are analyzed.•Thermal performance enhancements of half-corrugated microchannels are analyzed.•Half-corrugated microchannels possess excellent thermal-hydraulic performance. The single-phase pressure drop and heat transfer performance of...

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Published in:Applied thermal engineering 2017-08, Vol.123, p.1140-1151
Main Authors: Wan, Zhenping, Lin, Qinghong, Wang, Xiaowu, Tang, Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer simulation
Corrugated microchannels
Flow characteristics
Fluid flow
Heat flux
Heat transfer
Heat transfer enhancement
Low Reynolds number
Microchannels
Performance enhancement
Performance indices
Pressure drop
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Summary:•Pressure drop of half-corrugated and plat bottom microchannels are analyzed.•Thermal performance enhancements of half-corrugated microchannels are analyzed.•Half-corrugated microchannels possess excellent thermal-hydraulic performance. The single-phase pressure drop and heat transfer performance of half-corrugated microchannels under a low Reynolds number (
ISSN:1359-4311
1873-5606
DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.05.176