Research Article

Investigation of the Thermal Performance of Salt Hydrate Phase Change of Nanoparticle Slurry Flow in a Microchannel

Table 2

Correlations for average Nusselt number and convective heat transfer coefficient for the microchannel PCM heat sink.

Range of the Reynolds number (W/m2·K)

12.23 < < 16.94
24.13 < < 32.00
36.12 < < 47.14
48.11 < < 62.29

: Prandtl number, such that 3.74 < < 5; : the top plate heat flux, such that 8000 W/m2 < < 20,000 W/m2; : wall temperature, such that 316.5 K < < 332.4 K.