Heat transfer enhancement by recirculating flow within liquid plugs in microchannels

• Main Authors: Che, Zhizhao, Wong, Teck Neng, Nguyen, Nam-Trung
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79636; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7847
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Plug flow can significantly enhance heat transfer in microchannels as compared to single phase flow. Using an analytical model of flow field, heat transfer in plug flow is investigated. The constant-surface-temperature boundary condition is considered. Three stages of the heat transfer in plugs are...