Micro-FloTec: Microscale enabled advanced flow and heat transfer technologies featuring high performance and low power consumption

随着工业4.0的出现，电子和数字设备被纳入几乎所有的高科技应用。还有一个显著的转变，即向紧凑型电子设备发展，这需要更高的工作功率，从而导致巨大的散热。因此，虽然设备越来越便携和强大，但热管理技术可能不会以同样的速度赶上。因此，需要不断改进和创新办法。在这方面，基于微通道的技术为解决各行业现代家电的热管理和冷却问题提供了创新的可能性，符合采用更可持续方法的趋势和欧盟2016年加热和冷却立法。因此，我们的“Micro-FloTec”项目采用国际化、多学科和协作的方法，与17个研究机构和两个工业合作伙伴交流专业知识，以推动传热和热管理解决方案的重大进步和敏捷开发。该联盟分享了与传热增强，通过热过程进行大规模电能储存，新一代材料科学，多相流，高温旋转部件的流动和传热，节能控制系统的设计和建模，营销和创业技能等相关的丰富经验和技能。基于对当前最新文献和技术的评估，我们的目标是解决多相传热性能和流动阻力降低的形态优化、表面改性技术以及多相物理性能促进的应用等问题。我们的项目有望实现具有成本效益和可持续的解决方案，启动未来的进步和调查，并为欧盟2050年气候和节能目标的长期战略做出贡献。

With the emergence of Industry 4.0, electronic and digital devices are incorporated into almost all high tech applications. There has also been a notable shift towards compact electronic devices, which requires more intense operating powers - leading to enormous heat dissipation. Thus, whilst devices are increasingly becoming portable and powerful, thermal management techniques are arguably not catching up at the same rate. Hence, continuous improvement and innovative approaches are needed. In this regard, microchannel-based techniques present innovative possibilities to tackle thermal management and cooling issues in modern appliances across various industries, aligning with the trend to adopt more sustainable approaches and the EU 2016 legislation for heating and cooling. Consequently, our 'Micro-FloTec' project adapts an international, multidisciplinary, and collaborative approach to exchange expertise from 17 research institutions and two industrial partners to trigger significant advancements and agile development for heat transfer and thermal management solutions. The consortium shares robust experience and skills related to heat transfer enhancement, large-scale electrical energy storage via thermal processes, new generation materials science, multi-phase flow, flow and heat transfer of high-temperature rotating parts, design and modelling for energy-efficient control systems, marketing and entrepreneurship skills, amongst others. Based on the appraisal of the current state-of-the-art literature and technologies, we aim to tackle problems within morphological optimization of multiphase heat transfer performance and flow resistance reduction, surface modification techniques, and application of multi-phase physics for performance prompting. Our project will hopefully achieve cost effective and sustainable solutions, initiate future advancements and investigations, and contribute towards the EU's 2050 long-termstrategy for climate and energy saving goals.