A general criterion for evaporative heat transfer in micro/mini-channels
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Summary, in English
This paper presents a general criterion to classify a channel as micro-channel or macro-channel. Experimental results of saturated-flow boiling heat transfer in micro/mini-channels for both multi- and single-channel configurations were obtained from the literature. The collected database contains 4228 data points, covering a wide range of working fluids, operational conditions, and different micro-channel dimensions. Seven existing correlations were evaluated against the database to verify their respective accuracies. A combined non-dimensional number Bo * Rel0.5 = 200 was introduced as the new conventional-to-micro/mini-channel criterion. In addition, a generalized prediction method was proposed based on the new criterion, with accurate predictive capability.
Publishing year
2010
Language
English
Pages
1967-1976
Publication/Series
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume
53
Issue
9
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Pergamon Press Ltd.
Topic
- Energy Engineering
Status
Published
Research group
- heat transfer
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0017-9310