Fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannel heat sinks: Modelling review and recent progress

• Published in: Thermal science and engineering progress Vol. 29; p. 101203
• Main Authors: Gao, Jie, Hu, Zhuohuan, Yang, Qiguo, Liang, Xing, Wu, Hongwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Boiling; Computational fluid dynamics; Genetic algorithm; Heat transfer; Helical coils; lattice Boltzmann methods; Molecular dynamics simulation; Neural network; Taguchi algorithm; Terrestrial gravity; Taguchi algorithm; Computational fluid dynamics; Genetic algorithm; lattice Boltzmann methods; Neural network; Molecular dynamics simulation; Boiling; Heat transfer; Terrestrial gravity; Helical coils

•The conventional CFD method in microchannel is critically reviewed.•The advantages and disadvantages of CFD in microchannel are analyzed.•The application of LBM, MDS and DSMC are discussedin detail.•Three optimisationand prediction methodsin microchannels are compared.•The optimization principles o...