Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi II Semester - 2011 - 2012

MEL716 : MICRO/ NANO SCALE HEAT TRANSFER (3-0-2, 4 Credits)

Category : DE for UG/PG programmes in Mechanical Engg. and OC for other programmes (floated in Slot H) Faculty : Dr Sanjeev Jain (Course coordinator, Room No. III 255, Ph : 1060), Dr. Subhra Datta (III 175, 1054), Dr Prabal Talukdar (III368, 6337) Tentative Lecture Outline
Mo dule 1 Topic Introduction to micro/ nanoscale transport phenomena & its applications. An overview of limitations of macroscopic formulations, size effect behaviour, microscopic view point, micro-scale engineering applications, microelectronics, micro channels, micro heat pipes, thin films, electronics cooling, two phase flow, radiation etc. Fundamental approaches for micro/ nanoscale fluid mechanics & heat transfer Quantum mechanics considerations, Kinetic theory, Boltzmann transport equation, Maxwells equations, molecular dynamics modelling, Knudsen number, Flow regimes, Maxwells slip theory. Micro-scale Heat conduction Thermal conductivity models, specific heat of solids, Phonon transport, molecular dynamics, conduction in thin films, semiconductors, electronic devices. Microfluidics Fundamentals of Electrokinetics, Low inertia flows, Electrokinetic, pressure-driven and surface tension driven flows, Mass transfer at micro/nano scales Micro-scale Convection Convective heat transfer in micro-tubes & channels, Governing equations, single phase forced connection, boiling & condensation, non-conventional analysis methods. Nanoparticles & Nanofluids Preparation, thermal conductivity, viscosity, surface tension, transport phenomena in nano scale suspensions, forced convection & two phase heat transfer. Micro-scale radiative heat transfer Spatial & temporal microscales, modelling of micro-scale radiation, radiation properties, silicon film, superconductivity material film. Measurements at micro/nano scale Concentration, temperature field, diffusion etc. Engineering Applications Flow in micro-channels Gas, Liquid, two phase micro-channel heat sinks, micro heat pipes. COURSE TOTAL (14 times L) Lec. Hrs Faculty

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Suggested texts and reference materials

1. C. B. Sobhan, G.P. Peterson, Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer : Fundamentals and Engineering Applications, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. 2. Zhuomin M. Zhang, Nano / Microscale Heat Transfer, Mcgraw Hill, 2007. 3. George Karniadakis, Ali Beskk, N. R. Aluru, Microflows and Nanoflows: Fundamentals and Simulation, Springer, 2005 4. D.Y. Tzou., Macro to Microscale Heat Transfer : The Lagging behaviour, Taylor & Francis, 1997. 5. S. Kakac, L.L. Vasiliev, Y. Bayazitoglu, Y. Yener., Microscale Heat Transfer, Fundamental and Applications, Springer, 2005. 6. W.J. Minkowyez and E.M. Sparrow., Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Taylor & Francis, 1997. 7. W.J. Minkowyez, E.M. Sparrow and J.Y. Murthy. Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 8. L. Zhang, K. E. Goodson, Thomas William Kenny, Silicon Microchannel Heat Sinks: Theories and Phenomena, Springer, 2004 9. Wang, L., Zhou, X., and Wei, Xiaohao, Heat Conduction Mathematical models and analytical solutions, Springer, 2008 10. Yarin, L.P., Mosyak, A., Hetsroni, G., Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Boiling in Micro-Channels, Springer, 2008 11. Volz, Sebastian (Ed.), Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Springer- Berlin, 2007 12. Li, Dongqing(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol I-III, Springer, 2008 13. Tabeling Patrick, Microfluidics, Oxford University press, 2005.

Brief description of laboratory activities

Module No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Experiment description Visits to micro/nano manufacturing facilties, measurement facilities, computational facilities within and outside the institute Exposure to commercial and open source codes Microscale heat conduction/ radiation Microscale fluid flow - single phase liquid, gas flows - slip flows Design of micro heat sinks / heat pipes / heat exchangers Design of experimental facilites for heat transfer studies Term paper presentation on current developments Guest lectures COURSE TOTAL (14 times P) No. of hours 12 2 2 2 2 4 4 28

Evaluation Examination Minor Test I Minor Test II Major Test Assignments + visits Term paper Total Marks 35 35 60 50 20 200 Hand written lecture notes and property tables are allowed. Duration 75min 75min 2.5 hrs Remarks Open Notes Open Notes Open Notes