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A numerical study of the effect of area ratio on the flow distribution in parallel flow manifolds used in a Hquid cooling module for electronic packaging demonstrate the useflilness of such a computational fluid dynamic code. The manifolds have rectangular headers and channels divided with thin baffles, as shown in Figure 12. Because the flow is laminar in small heat exchangers designed for electronic packaging or biochemical process, the inlet Reynolds numbers of 5, 50, and 250 were used for three different area ratio cases, ie, AR = 4, 8, and 16. 

Also shown in Fig. 4 are the experimental values of the Reynolds number at which waves were first detected on water films flowing in channels of various slopes (B9, BIO, B14, F7). These values were determined by careful visual observation of the free surface of the film (B9, F7), from photographs (BIO), or by an electronic feeler (B14). 

Microscale heat transfer has attracted researchers in the last decade, particularly due to developments and current needs in the small-scale electronics, aerospace, and bioengineering industries. Although some of the fundamental differences between micro and macro heat transfer phenomenon have been identified, there still is a need for further experimental, analjdical and numerical studies to clarify the points that are not yet understood, such as the effect of axial conduction, friction factors, compressibility effects, critical Reynolds number, and accommodation coefScients less then unity. 

If the characteristic linear dimension of the flow field is small enough, then the measured hydrodynamic data differ from those predicted by the Navier-Stokes equations [79]. With respect to the value in macrocharmels, in microchannels (around 50 microns of section) (i) the friction factor is about 20-30% lower, (ii) the critical Reynolds number below which the flow remains laminar is lower (e.g., the change to turbulent flow occurs at lower linear velocities) and (iii) the Nusselt number, for example, heat transfer characteristics, is quite different [80]. The Nusselt number for the microchannel is lower than the conventional value when the flow rate is small. As the flow rate through the microchannel is increased, the Nusselt number significantly increases and exceeds the value for the fully developed flow in the conventional channel. These effects have been investigated extensively in relation to the development of more efficient cooling devices for electronic applications, but have clear implications also for chemical applications. 

Whilst the kinetic parameters of an electron-transfer reaction can be obtained in an identical fashion under laminar conditions [where u is now given by eqn. (58)] as illustrated by Blaedel [66], it is evident that the dependence of u on the cube root of the solution velocity in the laminar case [eqn. (58)] compared with the -dependence under turbulent conditions [eqn. (166)], implies that faster electron-transfer reactions can be investigated via the latter route. This is best illustrated with a practical example. Using flow rates characterised by Reynolds numbers up to 2 x 105 at a tubular electrode 7 pm in length within a tubular cell of radius 5 mm, Vielstich and co-workers [99] were able to measure a and ke for the ferro-ferricyanide redox couple (at 33.5°C). Their experimental data, in terms of a plot of In ut vs. (E - Ee), is represented in Fig. 50. The slope of both of the linear... 

Fig. 2.13 Current versus overpotential curves showing the effect of experimental parameters in the presence of forced convection, according to the relationship = /cL lnFc. (a) Electrode size (and shape). Ideally, in the presence of a uniform current-density distribution, Deviations may be due to edge effects, non-uniformity of flow (e.g. entrance length effects) or contributions from natural convection, (b) Concentration of electroactive species in the reactor. ii should be proportional to c. It is sometimes convenient to test this by incremental increases in c . The background curve is represented by = 0. (c) Relative velocity of the electrolyte or electrode, cc where x is a constant which depends upon the geometry and flow conditions, x may vary slightly over different ranges of Reynolds number. The limiting-current plateau may shorten and tilt as velocity increases, due to the increasing importance of electron transfer to the overall reaction kinetics. The maximum on the 1 curve may arise due to unsteady-state mass transport and is akin to a peak in linear sweep voltammetry, i.e. it may arise due to an excessive rate of potential change.

Fig, 15. Effect of nickel content on the rate of hydrogenation of styrene by alloy catalysis. Curve A . Hydrogen uptake. Curve B Number of holes per atom in the Sd-band. Curve C Coefficient of the electronic specific heat term [D. A. Dowden and P. W, Reynolds, Disc. Faraday Soc. 8, 187 (1950)]. 

The theme here is electron transfer, in inner- and outer-sphere reactions and, to a lesser degree, in related processes like optically induced charge transfer or excited state decay. Three books have been written on electron transfer, by Reynolds and Luniry, Cannon and Ulstrup, the last of which emphasizes theoretical aspects. In addition, a series of theoretical and experimental articles appear in the book Tunneling in Biological Systems , edited by Chance et and in volume 74 (1982) of the Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society. A number of reviews have appeared, dealing both with general aspects - and more specialized themes, and many will be referred to in the sections that follow. 

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