Subject Code: ME6L119 Name: Micro / Nanoscale Heat Transfer L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 0

Pre-Requisite(s): B.Tech. level Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Introduction to micro/nanoscale transport phenomena and applications, Quantum mechanics, Schroniger equation and solutions, statistical thermodynamics and quantum theory, ensembles, probability statics, energy states in solids, size effects on specific heats of solids, thermal energy storage, energy transfer by waves, radiation phenomenon in spatial and temporal microscales, wave propagation in thin films, energy waves in nanostructures, kinetic theory of gases, Boltzmann transport equation, carrier scattering, constitutive laws and equations, classical size effects, size effects, size effects on phonon and electron conduction, ballistic-diffusive theory, rarefied  flows, slip theory, effect of roughness, thermal transport in nanofluids, transport phenomena in nano-suspensions, applications to microelectronic and thermoelectric devices, coupled energy transport and conversion, electronic cooling by microchannels and nanofluids.
Text/Reference Books:

  1. Nanoscale Energy Transfer and Conversion: A Parallel Treatment of Electrons, Molecules, Phonons, and Photons, by G Chen, Oxford Press, 2005
  2. Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer, 1st Edition, by Z Zhang, Mcgraw Hill, 2007
  3. Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, 1st Edition, by C B Sobhan and G P Peterson, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, 2008
  4. Microscale energy Transport, C-L, Tien, A. Majumdar, and F.M. Gerner, Taylor & Francis, 1998
  5. Heat and Fluid Flow in Microscale and Nanoscale Structures, M. Faghri and B.Sunden (Eds.) WIT Press, Southampton, 2004