A critical review on geometric improvements for heat transfer augmentation of microchannels

H Yu, T Li, X Zeng, T He, N Mao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the application of microdevices in the building engineering, aerospace industry,
electronic devices, nuclear energy, and so on, the dissipation of high heat flux has become …

Two-phase flow and morphology of the gas–liquid interface for bubbles or droplets in different microchannels

C Chen, Z Jing, C Feng, X Zou, M Qiao, D Xu… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Two-phase interface fluid, bubble or droplet, has shown broad application potential in oil
and gas field development, contaminated soil remediation, and medical treatment. These …

Recent progress on heat transfer performance and influencing factors of different microchannel heat sinks

X Xiong, Y Li, C Zhao, W Yu - Journal of Enhanced Heat …, 2023 - dl.begellhouse.com
The microchannel heat sink (MCHS) is an efficient thermal management technology widely
used in various fields, including electronic equipment, automobiles, and aerospace. In this …

An experimental investigation on characteristics of liquid film thickness of gas-liquid Taylor flow in square/rectangular microchannel applied in microreactor

D Fu, Y Hu, Z Li, C Dang, S Hong - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microchannel reactors employing Taylor flow is 1–3 orders of magnitude higher than
traditional reactor in handling gas-liquid reaction processes, which has found important …

Mechanisms of micro liquid film heat transfer during flow boiling in non-circular microchannels part I: Measurement and theoretical model of transient film thickness

J Zhu, P Zhang, S Tan, T Wang, C Guo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid film thickness is a dominant feature for understanding boiling heat transfer
mechanism in microscale slug flow. Flow boiling in circular microchannels has been …

Thin film evaporation modeling of the liquid microlayer region in a dewetting water bubble

E Lakew, A Sarchami, G Giustini, H Kim, K Bellur - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the mechanism of bubble growth is crucial to modeling boiling heat transfer
and enabling the development of technological applications, such as energy systems and …

Fundamentals of Force Balance in Liquid Films and Transition from Macro-to Microchannels in Flow Boiling

A Kriz, S Moghaddam - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
Microchannel heat exchangers play a critical role in development of more efficient and
environmentally friendly energy systems. Thus, understanding the underlying physics that …

Measurement of transient liquid film and its effect on flow boiling heat transfer in non-circular microchannels

P Zhang, T Wang, Y Jiang, C Guo - International Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro liquid film plays an important role during flow boiling in microchannels. Current studies
on flow boiling in microchannels have mainly focused on circular microchannels. However …

CFD simulation of novel adaptive pin-fins microchannel heat sink to improve thermal management of electronic chips

W Li, N Mao, T He, J Gong - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Frequent hotspots pose a significant challenge for chip thermal management. Conventional
microchannel with fixed structure cannot deal with random hotspots, which appear in …

Data center energy efficiency enhancement potential of a membrane-assisted phase-change heat sink

SR Tamvada, S Moghaddam - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the latest progress on characterization of our membrane assisted phase-
change heat sinks at conditions suitable for implementation in data centers. Experiments are …