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Optimum Multi-Mini-Channels Height for Heat Enhancement under Forced Convection Condition

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  • M. Z. Saghir

    (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada)

  • Z. Alhajaj

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait, P.O. Box 1411, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

Abstract

Heat enhancement and heat removal remain important topics in engineering. Furthermore, flow in a laminar regime can reduce the cost of cooling. In the present study, flow in mini channels in a rectangular cavity is investigated with water as a circulating fluid. The height of the channel in the cavity is varied and interaction of the free flow above the channel with flow through the channel has been investigated. It is shown that a combination of these two flows can provide the optimum heat removal at a Reynolds number of 750. This finding is valid if one ignores the friction effect to the wall. The best configuration is for an aspect ratio AR = 6. If the pressure drop is taken into consideration, then the performance evaluation criterion shows that the mini-channel with aspect ratio AR = 12 is the best configuration. Different correlations have been obtained between the Nusselt number, pressure drop, friction factor, performance evaluation criterion, and the Reynolds number and the height of the channels.

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  • M. Z. Saghir & Z. Alhajaj, 2021. "Optimum Multi-Mini-Channels Height for Heat Enhancement under Forced Convection Condition," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:21:p:7020-:d:665471
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    1. Magdalena Piasecka & Krzysztof Dutkowski, 2022. "Novel Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-3, April.

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