Numerical Study of Air-Flow Phenomena Through a Baffled Rectangular Micro-Channel

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of turbulent airflow phenomena in a rectangular micro-channel in presence of two plane shaped (type-1) and diamond shaped (type-2) baffles which will help to develop various heat exchanger models. Finite volume method has been used to solve the governing equations and the FLUENT software has been employed to visualize the simulation results. For both the baffles, the profile of flow structure, normalized velocity profile, normalized friction factor and average Nusselt number have been investigated with the variations of Reynolds number ranges between [10,000-50,000]. In terms of fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena, it has been found that in the presence of diamond shaped baffles (type-2) are more convenient than plane shaped baffles.