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In order to improve the heat transfer performance of the microchannel heat exchanger, a composite heat transfer enhancement method was proposed. Viscoelastic fluid was used as working fluid in pulsating flow condition, and rib plates were added to the microchannel to bring extra disturbance to the flow. The Oldroyd-B constitutive model of the viscoelastic fluid was used in the numerical simulation, and the flow field, temperature field, Nusselt number (Nu), and pressure drop were analyzed when the average Reynolds number (Re) is 10. Both Strouhal number (St) and amplitude are important factors affecting heat transfer, but they have an insignificant influence on pressure drop at low Reynolds number. The St = 0.125 and amplitude  A  = 0.8 are better parameters. The increase of Weissenberg number (Wi) will cause the vortex to split into several subsidiary vortexes during its development, which will also develop to various positions in the channel, thus further enhancing the heat transfer. When the Wi is in the range of 1 ~ 5, the performance evaluation criteria rises at a relatively fast rate, from 1 to 1.404.

Heat transfer enhancement by pulsating flow of a viscoelastic fluid in a microchannel with a rib plate