Theoretical Study of Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in Microchannels with Arrayed Microgrooves

Abstract

The analysis of heat transfer and fluid dynamics in a microchannel is currently one of numerous important research areas. The present study investigated the heat transfer and fluid dynamics in a microchannel with arrayed microgrooves. The boundary conditions in the microchannel and microgrooves were the velocity slip condition and temperature jump condition. The numerical calculations in the present study were based on a new numerical analysis scheme that was used to name modified point-matching methods. The methods are applied to calculate the two items coefficients of the series expressions of velocity in the microchannel with microgrooves. The methods analyzed four items coefficients of the series expressions of temperature in the microchannel with microgrooves. In addition, the fluid velocity, temperature distribution, Knudsen number effect, fluid friction factor in the microchannel, and heat transfer were discussed.