V. Azadeh Ranjbar
Particle Simulation of Rarefied Gas Flows witha Superimposed Wall Surface Temperature Gradient in Microgeometries
1004 - 1009
2010
4
10
International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7522
https://publications.waset.org/vol/46
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Rarefied gas flows are often occurred in micro electro
mechanical systems and classical CFD could not precisely anticipate
the flow and thermal behavior due to the high Knudsen number.
Therefore, the heat transfer and the fluid dynamics characteristics of
rarefied gas flows in both a twodimensional simple microchannel
and geometry similar to single Knudsen compressor have been
investigated with a goal of increasing performance of a actual
Knudsen compressor by using a particle simulation method. Thermal
transpiration and thermal creep, which are rarefied gas dynamic
phenomena, that cause movement of the flow from less to higher
temperature is generated by using two different longitude temperature
gradients (Linear, Step) along the walls of the flow microchannel. In
this study the influence of amount of temperature gradient and
governing pressure in various Knudsen numbers and lengthtoheight
ratios have been examined.
Open Science Index 46, 2010