Micro heat exchanger
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Micro heat exchangers, Micro-scale heat exchangers, or microstructured heat exchangers are heat exchangers in which (at least one) fluid flows in lateral confinements with typical dimensions below 1 mm. The most typical such confinement are microchannels, which are channels with a hydraulic diameter below 1 mm. Microchannel heat exchangers can be made from metal or ceramic.[1]
Microchannel heat exchangers can be used for many applications including:
- high-performance aircraft gas turbine engines[2]
- heat pumps[3]
- Microprocessor and microchip cooling[4]
- air conditioning[5]