Single-Phase Heat Transfer in Micro-Tubes: A Critical Review

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandramoulee Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Rahul P. Rao ◽  
Afshin J. Ghajar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
Gaseous Flows ◽  
Effect Of Surface

This review paper specifically concentrates on heat transfer in micro-tubes and eleven experiments (on liquid flow) and two experiments (on gaseous flow) from 1991 to 2007 are reviewed critically with respect to measurement techniques, instrumentation; and factors like surface roughness and diameter that may play an important role at these small scales. Moreover, a comprehensive list of numerical and analytical results (for both liquid and gaseous flows) is presented in this paper. Interestingly, the effect of surface roughness on heat transfer does not seem to have been investigated thoroughly, as it has been observed to play a key role in influencing heat transfer at small diameters. The state-of-art review thus provides the contemporary experimenters in the field of mini-micro channel heat transfer, this tabulated data that can be used to understand how the different parameters affect the heat transfer in these small scales and a data-bank to validate future numerical and experimental work. The present study identifies the various factors that have contributed in the disparity of results found in the literature and finds that there is a need to investigate certain issues like the effects of roughness, diameter, and secondary flow due to buoyancy on heat transfer and transition. Moreover, it was observed that the start and end of the transition region at these small diameters are not validated by the any of the existing macro-scale correlations.

Effect of Surface Roughness on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Water on a Superhydrophilic Aluminum Surface

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsub Kim ◽  
Seongchul Jun ◽  
Jungho Lee ◽  
Juan Godinez ◽  
Seung M. You
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Aluminum Surface ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Copper Surfaces ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Superhydrophilic Surface ◽  
Aluminum Surfaces ◽  
Effect Of Surface

The effect of surface roughness on the pool boiling heat transfer of water was investigated on superhydrophilic aluminum surfaces. The formation of nanoscale protrusions on the aluminum surface was confirmed after immersing it in boiling water, which modified surface wettability to form a superhydrophilic surface. The effect of surface roughness was examined at different average roughness (Ra) values ranging from 0.11 to 2.93 μm. The boiling heat transfer coefficients increased with an increase in roughness owing to the increased number of cavities. However, the superhydrophilic aluminum surfaces exhibited degradation of the heat transfer coefficients when compared with copper surfaces owing to the flooding of promising cavities. The superhydrophilic aluminum surfaces exhibited a higher critical heat flux (CHF) than the copper surfaces. The CHF was 1650 kW/m2 for Ra = 0.11 μm, and it increased to 2150 kW/m2 for Ra = 0.35 μm. Surface roughness is considered to affect CHF as it improves the capillary wicking on the superhydrophilic surface. However, further increase in surface roughness above 0.35 μm did not augment the CHF, even at Ra = 2.93 μm. This upper limit of the CHF appears to result from the hydrodynamic limit on the superhydrophilic surface, because the roughest surface with Ra = 2.93 μm still showed a faster liquid spreading speed.

Effect of Surface Conditions on the Adhesion of Crystallization Fouling

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zou ◽  
Yida Liu ◽  
Gongming Xin ◽  
Wen Liu ◽  
Lin Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Crystalline Structure ◽  
Lattice Parameter ◽  
Hexagonal Structure ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
Surface Conditions ◽  
Effect Of Surface

In this study, effects of surface conditions in terms of surface roughness and oxide layer, on adhesion of crystallization fouling on heat transfer surfaces were investigated. The experimental results showed that the surface roughness has no obvious effect on the adhesion of crystallization fouling. The polished sample did not present better anti-fouling properties compared to other rough samples. While the formation of Fe2O3 layer on the surface is proved to be able to accelerate the adhesion of calcite fouling with hexagonal structure, because there are similar crystalline structure and lattice parameter between the Fe2O3 and calcite fouling. Therefore, in order to improve the anti-fouling property of heat transfer surfaces, inhibiting the formation of oxide layer is more important than efforts to improve surface roughness.

Effect of Surface Roughness on Conjugate Heat Transfer of a Turbine Vane

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyang Li ◽  
Yun Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Considerable Effect ◽  
Boundary Layer Transition ◽  
Layer Transition ◽  
Turbine Vane ◽  
Effect Of Surface

For the purpose of researching the effect of surface roughness on boundary layer transition and heat transfer of turbine blade, a roughness modification approach for γ-Reθ transition model was proposed based on an in-house CFD code. Taking surface roughness effect into consideration, No. 5411 working condition of Mark II turbine vane was simulated and the results were analyzed in detail. Main conclusions are as follows: Surface roughness has little effect on heat transfer of laminar boundary layer, while has considerable effect on turbulent boundary layer. Compared with smooth surface, equivalent sand roughness of 100μm increases the temperature for about 28.4K on suction side, reaching an increase of 5%. Under low roughness degree, effect of shock wave dominants on boundary layer transition process on suction side, while above the critical degree, effect of surface roughness could abruptly change the transition point.

Numerical Computation of Roughness Effects on Heat Transfer and Hydrodynamic Characteristics in Microchannels

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heming Yun ◽  
Lin Cheng ◽  
Liqiu Wang ◽  
Binjian Chen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Roughness Effects ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Macro Scale

In the present paper we focus our attention on the analysis of surface roughness effects. In the process of numerical simulation, a finite-volume method was used to solve the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and energy equation. In turbulent region, wall-function was used to solve the temperature and velocity of coolant in the area near the wall. In all computational regions, the fluid-solid Conjugate heat transfer is used to solve the microchannel heat transfer problems. In conclusion the effect of surface roughness on heat transfer and pressure drop can not be neglected. And one should be very careful in ascribing the roughness effect to the discrepancies between experimental heat transfer and the prediction for standard macro scale channels.

Design, Fabrication and Heat Transfer Analysis of a Mesoscopic Pulse Tube as an Integrated Micro-Refrigeration System

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninad Shinde ◽  
Rashid Bashir ◽  
Eckhard Groll ◽  
George Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Pulse Tube ◽  
Cryogenic Temperatures ◽  
Refrigeration System ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Pulse Tube Refrigerators ◽  
Effect Of Surface ◽  
Heat Pumping

Abstract The phenomenon of surface heat pumping has been widely used to accomplish refrigeration in macro-scale devices such as pulse-tubes and thermo-acoustic devices. Pulse tube refrigerators are typically used to lift heat at cryogenic temperatures. The advantage of a pulse tube as a no moving part device makes it amenable to miniaturization at dimensional scales where areal effects, such as friction and viscosity, dominate. In this paper, the design and preliminary fabrication results of such a device to investigate the effect of surface heat pumping in mesoscopic glass channels are presented.

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