Experimental investigation of surface roughness effects on flow behavior and heat transfer characteristics for circular microchannels

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• 作者：Xing YuanAuthor Vitae ; Zhi Tao ; Haiwang Li ; ^{19820912@sina.com} ; Yitu Tian
• 关键词：Circular ; Flow behavior ; Heat transfer ; Microchannels ; Roughness
• 刊名：Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：29
• 期：6
• 页码：1575-1581
• 全文大小：1266 K
• 卷排序：29

文摘

This paper experimentally investigates the effect of surface roughness on flow and heat transfer characteristics in circular microchannels. All test pieces include 44 identical, parallel circular microchannels with diameters of 0.4 mm and 10 mm in length. The surface roughness of the microchannels is Ra = 0.86, 0.92, 1.02 μm, and the Reynolds number ranges from 150 to 2800. Results show that the surface roughness of the circular microchannels has remarkable effects on the performance of flow behavior and heat transfer. It is found that the Poiseuille and Nusselt numbers are higher when the relative surface roughness is larger. For flow behavior, the friction factor increases consistently with the increasing Reynolds number, and it is larger than the constant theoretical value for macrochannels. The Reynolds number for the transition from laminar to turbulent flow is about 1500, which is lower than the value for macrochannels. For the heat transfer property, Nusselt number also increases with increasing Reynolds number, and larger roughness contributes to higher Nusselt number.