Performance of gas-to-gas micro-heat exchangers
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
5-1-2009
Abstract
Heat transfer performance of two-stream parallel and counter-flow gas-to-gas micro-heat exchangers are investigated numerically. Flow passages are plane channels with heights in the range of 10-100 μm and selected lengths of 12.7 mm and 25.4 mm. Numerical methodology is based on the arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian method. Computations were performed to find the effects of capacity ratio, channel height, and length on the heat transfer characteristics of micro-heat exchangers. To results are presented in the form of temperature contours, bulk temperatures, total temperatures, and heat flux variation along the channel. It was found that the temperature inversion occurs under certain conditions. Also, the effectiveness and the number of transfer units approach and the estimation of the heat exchange rate were discussed. The range of parameters where the predicted effectiveness agrees with the numerical result were investigated. Copyright © 2009 by ASME.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of Heat Transfer
Volume
131
Issue
5
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Miwa, J., Y. Asako, C. Hong, and M. Faghri. "Performance of gas-to-gas micro-heat exchangers." Journal of Heat Transfer 131, 5 (2009): 1-9. doi: 10.1115/1.3013828.