Course | Postgraduate |
Semester | Electives |
Subject Code | AE836 |
Subject Title | Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer |
Introduction to microscale and nanoscale transport- basic phenomenon of conductive transport in nanoscale- basic aspects of quantum mechanics- basics of kinetic theory and statistical mechanics – thermodynamic relations– Boltzmann transport equation –microscale heat conduction– basics of electron and phonon transport – thermal conductivity models – Equilibrium breakdown and characterisation of flow regimes in micro and nano scale – continuum approach – heat transfer in Poiseuille microflows – single phase convection in micro channels–rarefied gas flows– Slip models– Burnett and Grad equations –boiling and condensation in mini and micro channels – introduction to microscale and nanoscale radiative transport- heat transfer enhancement using nanoparticles
Same as Reference
1. Chang-Lin Tien,, Arunava Majumdar, Frank M Gerner., Microscale Energy Transport.
2. Zhang, Z. M., Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill (2007).
3. Van P. Carey, Statistical thermodynamics and microscale physics, Cambridge Press.
4. Panigrahi, P. K., Transport Phenomena in Microfluidic Systems, Wiley (2015).
5. Gang Chen, Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion, Oxford.
6. Amit Agrawal, Hari Mohan Kushawaha, Ravi Sudam Jadhav., Microscale Flow and Heat Transfer- Mathematical Modeling and flow physics