Heat transfer characteristics of parallel and counter flow micro-channel heat exchangers with varying wall resistance
by A.M. Maqableh, A.F. Khadrawi, M.A. Al-Nimr, S.A. Ammourah, A.C. Benim
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (PCFD), Vol. 11, No. 5, 2011

Abstract: Thermal behaviours of parallel and counter flow micro-heat exchanger are investigated numerically, with emphasis on the role of wall resistance and thermal entry effects. The influence of different parameters, such as, thermal resistance (R), Knudsen number (Kn), effectiveness (ε) and Number of Transfer Units (NTU) are investigated. It is found that the temperature jump at the walls increases with increasing R and Kn. On the other hand, the NTU increases with decreasing R and Kn. Furthermore, for counter flow, thermally fully developed flow may not exist over a large section of the heat exchanger due to the heat conduction in the separating wall and the entrance region.

Online publication date: Wed, 31-Aug-2011

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