TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical conjugate heat transfer analysis in a parallel flat plate microchannel under electro-osmotic and pressure forces with a Phan-Thien-Tanner fluid
AU - Escandón, J. P.
AU - Bautista, O.
AU - Méndez, F.
AU - Bautista, E.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - In this paper we solve, numerically and asymptotically, the steady-state analysis of a conjugate heat transfer process in an electro-osmotic and fully developed laminar flow including Joule heating effects. In addition, the viscoelastic fluid obeys the simplified Phan-Thien-Tanner (SPTT) constitutive equation. Taking into account the finite thermal conductivity of the micro-channel wall, the dimensionless temperature profiles in the fluid and solid wall have been obtained as functions of the dimensionless parameters involved in the analysis: a conjugate parameter, α, which represents the competition between the longitudinal conductive heat in the micro-channel wall to the convective heat transfer in the fluid; εDeκ2, a parameter that describes the viscoelastic behavior of the fluid; the well-known Peclet number, Pe; a normalized power generation term, Λ, being the ratio of heat flux from the external wall to the Joule heating (and smaller or equal to unity); the ratio of pressure to the electro-osmotic forces, Γ; and the aspect ratios of the micro-channel and the solid wall, β and ε, respectively. The results for the temperature fields, in the fluid and micro-channel wall show a strong dependence of the above dimensionless parameters, therefore, this set of parameters controls directly the thermal performance of this micro-channel model.
AB - In this paper we solve, numerically and asymptotically, the steady-state analysis of a conjugate heat transfer process in an electro-osmotic and fully developed laminar flow including Joule heating effects. In addition, the viscoelastic fluid obeys the simplified Phan-Thien-Tanner (SPTT) constitutive equation. Taking into account the finite thermal conductivity of the micro-channel wall, the dimensionless temperature profiles in the fluid and solid wall have been obtained as functions of the dimensionless parameters involved in the analysis: a conjugate parameter, α, which represents the competition between the longitudinal conductive heat in the micro-channel wall to the convective heat transfer in the fluid; εDeκ2, a parameter that describes the viscoelastic behavior of the fluid; the well-known Peclet number, Pe; a normalized power generation term, Λ, being the ratio of heat flux from the external wall to the Joule heating (and smaller or equal to unity); the ratio of pressure to the electro-osmotic forces, Γ; and the aspect ratios of the micro-channel and the solid wall, β and ε, respectively. The results for the temperature fields, in the fluid and micro-channel wall show a strong dependence of the above dimensionless parameters, therefore, this set of parameters controls directly the thermal performance of this micro-channel model.
KW - Conjugate heat transfer
KW - Electro-osmotic
KW - Joule heating
KW - Microchannel
KW - Phan-Thien-Tanner
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.01.023
DO - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.01.023
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1290-0729
VL - 50
SP - 1022
EP - 1030
JO - International Journal of Thermal Sciences
JF - International Journal of Thermal Sciences
IS - 6
ER -