Simulation of conjugate heat transfer in a microchannel system by a hybrid algorithm

A new hybrid method is proposed for solving the problems of fluid dynamics and heat transfer in complex hydraulic systems. The peculiarity of the method consists in the idea that some elements of the model are represented as network elements, where the solving of the flow distribution problem is carried out on the basis of the hydraulic circuit theory, whereas the flow in the remaining elements is calculated by the spatial methods of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results are presented of testing the proposed hybrid method for the problems of fluid dynamics and heat transfer in microchannels. The test calculations demonstrate high efficiency of the method.