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EPSRC Reference:	EP/E065449/1
Title:	FLOW BOILING HEAT TRANSFER OF THERMAL NANOFLUIDS IN MICROCHANNELS
Principal Investigator:	Wen, Professor D
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Department:	School of Engineering & Materials Scienc
Organisation:	Queen Mary University of London
Scheme:	First Grant Scheme
Starts:	11 February 2008	Ends:	10 February 2010	Value (£):	206,144
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Heat & Mass Transfer
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Environment Energy
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Thermal nanofluids, suspensions containing high conductivity nanomaterials, are proposed as advanced heat transfer fluids in this project to achieve high heat flux cooling of micro systems such as the micro-electronics micro-mechanical-systems and chemical micro-reactors. As most of the research on thermal nanofluids has been focused on large channels, a systematic investigation of the flow boiling heat transfer of stable thermal nanofluids in microchannels (0.01-1 mm) is proposed. Compared with pure liquid flow in microchannels, such novel application of thermal nanofluids could further enhance heat transfer and overcome some associated problems in microchannels especially the dryout phenomena. The project will be primarily experimental but will incorporate some modelling to help to understand boiling mechanisms.
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