In the past decades, microelectronic technology has
changed our life dramatically.
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is believed to
bring us the same revolution in this century. Heat
and mass transfer in micro systems is one of the
foundations of MEMS, which is still not well
understood and is being studied all over the world.
Micro heat pump system is an important and
interesting application of MEMS. It is expected to
be used as portable cooling systems for workers in
hazardous environments, distributed cooling systems
in buildings for individual thermal comfort control
and energy saving, cooling systems for micro
electronic devices, etc. This book presents the
experimental and theoretical studies on the key
micro devices for the development of a micro heat
pump system. Heat and mass transfer as well as the
fabricating process of micro condensers, micro
electroosmotic pumps and micro channels are studied.
A micro heat pump system was finally developed. This
book should be useful for the researchers and
manufacturers to understand the heat and mass
transfer in micro systems and to develop micro heat
pump systems.
changed our life dramatically.
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is believed to
bring us the same revolution in this century. Heat
and mass transfer in micro systems is one of the
foundations of MEMS, which is still not well
understood and is being studied all over the world.
Micro heat pump system is an important and
interesting application of MEMS. It is expected to
be used as portable cooling systems for workers in
hazardous environments, distributed cooling systems
in buildings for individual thermal comfort control
and energy saving, cooling systems for micro
electronic devices, etc. This book presents the
experimental and theoretical studies on the key
micro devices for the development of a micro heat
pump system. Heat and mass transfer as well as the
fabricating process of micro condensers, micro
electroosmotic pumps and micro channels are studied.
A micro heat pump system was finally developed. This
book should be useful for the researchers and
manufacturers to understand the heat and mass
transfer in micro systems and to develop micro heat
pump systems.