Title :
Modelling of heat transfer in Taylor flow in microchannels
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron Devices, Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
A novel approach of modelling heat transfer in Taylor flow is presented. The model addresses especially the applications of Lab-On-a-Chip systems and focuses on the thermal behavior of individual droplets. Based on model approximations the simulational model is simpler than that of CFD simulations gaining 400 times shorter simulation times. A test case for constant wall heat flux boundary condition is performed. The results are compared to CFD results from the literature and reflect good correlation.
Keywords :
approximation theory; drops; flow instability; heat transfer; lab-on-a-chip; microchannel flow; CFD simulations; Taylor flow; heat flux boundary condition; heat transfer modelling; individual droplets; lab-on-a-chip systems; microchannels; model approximations; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Correlation; Heat transfer; Heating; Integrated circuit modeling; Liquids;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2012 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0785-7
