The presence of sub-continuum effects in nano-scale systems, including size and boundary effects, causes the continuum-level relations (e.g., Fourier heat equation) to break down at such scales. The thermal sub-continuum effects are manifested as a temperature jump at the system boundaries and a reduced heat flux across the system. In this work, we reproduce transient and steady-state results of Gray lattice Boltzmann simulations by developing a one-dimensional, transient, modified Fourier-based approach. The proposed methodology introduces the following two modifications into the Fourier heat equation: (i) an increase in the sample length by a fixed length at the two ends, in order to capture the steady-state temperature jumps at the system boundaries, and (ii) a size-dependent effective thermal diffusivity, to recover the transient temperature profiles and heat flux values. The predicted temperature and heat flux values from the proposed modified Fourier approach are in good agreement with those predicted by the Gray lattice Boltzmann simulations.
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ASME 2012 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
July 8–12, 2012
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA
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- Heat Transfer Division
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Vivek Mishra,
Vivek Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB, India
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Aydin Nabovati,
Aydin Nabovati
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Daniel P. Sellan,
Daniel P. Sellan
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Cristina H. Amon
Cristina H. Amon
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Vivek Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB, India
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Aydin Nabovati
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Daniel P. Sellan
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cristina H. Amon
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Paper No:
HT2012-58347, pp. 711-715; 5 pages
Published Online:
July 24, 2013
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Mishra, V, Nabovati, A, Sellan, DP, & Amon, CH. "A Transient Modified Fourier-Based Approach for Thermal Transport Modelling in Sub-Continuum Regime." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. Volume 2: Heat Transfer Enhancement for Practical Applications; Fire and Combustion; Multi-Phase Systems; Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment; Low Temperature Heat Transfer; Computational Heat Transfer. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA. July 8–12, 2012. pp. 711-715. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2012-58347
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