On the local thermal equilibrium in microchannel heat sinks (Q1579264)
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On the local thermal equilibrium in microchannel heat sinks (English)
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17 September 2002
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The authors discuss laminar and fully developed (both hydrodynamically and thermally) forced convective flow through a microchannel. Analytical solutions for temperature distribution are obtained using one-equation and two-equation models for heat transfer. The authors study effects of Darcy number and thermal conductivity ratio on the heat transfer. Asymptotic behaviour of the relative temperature difference between the phases is examined by using the order-of-magnitude analysis. It is concluded that one-equation model can be applied to microchannel heat sinks only with very high porosity.
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local thermal equilibrium
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porous medium
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two-equation model
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forced convective flow
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heat transfer
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Darcy number
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thermal conductivity ratio
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order-of-magnitude analysis
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one-equation model
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microchannel heat sinks
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