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Microchannel Heat Exchanger

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Microchannel heat exchangers are the future of various industries such as robotics, electronic devices, solar energy systems and aerospace. A brief introduction about use of nanofluid in microchannel heat exchanger has been discussed. Effect of Reynold number, channel geometry, number of channels and volume fraction on thermal performance of MCHE has been reviewed.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Hafiz Muhammad Ali

  2. Interdisciplinary Research Center for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Hafiz Muhammad Ali

  3. School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia

    Ali Hassan

  4. Department of Engineering, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

    Abdul Wahab

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Ali, H., Hassan, A., Wahab, A. (2023). Microchannel Heat Exchanger. In: Nanofluids for Heat Exchangers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3227-4_4

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