Use of electronics requires improved thermal packaging and management, and the development of efficient cooling techniques for them is a key application of microscale heat transfer. Heat exchangers are important in energy systems, chemical processing, and nuclear reactors; and cooling-heating is a key factor in the design of automobiles and aircraft. The thermal conductivity of heat transfer fluids can be increased by adding nanoparticles in fluids; heat transfer cooling-heating capabilities are thus enhanced, resulting in compact energy-material saving devices. This book explores related topics and issues.

Mourad Rebay, Sadik Kakac, Renato M. Cotta

Interface Resistance and Thermal Transport in Nano-Confined Liquids. Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Water-Metal Interfacial Thermal Resistance. Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement with Nanofluids: A State-of-the-Art Review. Heat Conduction in Nanofluids. Thermophysical Properties of Nanofluids. Stability of Nanofluids: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, and Potential Applications. Numerical Approaches for Convective Heat Transfer with Nanofluids. Heat Pipes and Nanotechnologies. Nanofluid Flow Simulation as the Flow through the Porous Media. Convective Heat Transfer with Gaseous Flow in Microducts. Numerical Simulation of Combined Microscale Effects on Convective Heat Transfer in Single-Phase Flows. Numerical and Experimental Studies of Liquid and Gas Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannel and Nozzle. Analytical-Numerical Solutions for Conjugated Heat Transfer in Multistream Microsystems. Direct-Inverse Problem Analysis in the Thermal Characterization of Microsystems. Application of the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) to Thermal Microflows. Heat and Fluid Flow of Gases in Porous Media with Micropores: Slip Flow Regime. Numerical Analysis of Subcooled Convective Boiling in Microchannels. Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels.