Micro-FloTec | Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi

Microscale enabled advanced flow and heat transfer technologies featuring
high performance and low power consumption

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-term strategy for climate and energy saving goals.

Keywords:

– Electrochemistry, electrodialysis, microfluidics, sensors

– Fluid dynamics

– Fluid mechanics, hydraulic-, turbo-, and piston engines

NUMBER	ROLE	SHORT NAME	LEGAL NAME	COUNTRY	LEADER	PIC
1	COO	SU	SABANCI UNIVERSITESI	TR	Prof. Ali Kosar	999856892
2	BEN	UNISTRA	UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG	FR	Prof. Said Ahzi	996569950
3	BEN	UR1	UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I	FR	Prof. Patrice Estelle	996569950
4	BEN	UAVR	UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO	PT	Prof. Monica Oliveira	999865331
5	BEN	UNIPD	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA	IT	Prof. Simone Mancin	999995602
6	BEN	PIC	PICADVANCED, SA	PT	Mr. Francisco Rodrigues	934950215
7	AP	SUZA	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY	ZA	Prof. Josua Meyer	999877359
8	AP	KU	KASETSART UNIVERSITY	TH	Prof. Anchasa Pramuanjaroenkij	998205661
9	AP	UBC	UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA	CA	Prof. Sunny Li	998804636
10	AP	NTU	NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY	SG	Prof. Charles Chun Yang	986321512
11	AP	BUAA	BEIHANG UNIVERSITY	CN	Prof. Zhi Tao	998207019
12	AP	ZJU	Zhejiang University	CN	Prof. Wei Li	998755845
13	AP	SYSU	SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY	CN	Prof. Shushen Lyu	999870860
14	AP	USST	UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	CN	Prof. Zhuohuan Hu	950025858
15	AP	SCUT	SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	CN	Prof. Yunhua Gan	998468046
16	AP	SNU	SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY	KR	Prof. Hyun Sun Park	996466063
17	AP	HNKL	河南科隆集团有限公司	CN	Mr. Xiangqi Gao	971712439
18	AP	ICL	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE	UK	Prof. Christos Markides	999993468
19	AP	UH	THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION	UK	Prof. Hongwei Wu	999911115

WP No.	Work Package Title	Activity type (e.g. research, training, communication, management, dissemination)	Number of person-months involved per secondment	Lead Beneficiary	Start Month	End Month
WP 1	Project management	Management	0	UH	M1	M48
WP 2	Morphological optimization for 3D stacked manifold structure	Research, training, communication, dissemination	51	UNIPD	M1	M36
WP 3	Development the scaling law for the bio-inspired fractal structure	Research, training, communication, dissemination	52	ICL	M1	M37
WP 4	Investigation on enhancement of the heat transfer via interfacial phenomena at microscale	Research, training, communication, dissemination	52	UH	M6	M42
WP 5	Development of enhanced heat transfer via surface geometry controlled phase change process at micro-scale	Research, training, communication, dissemination	52	SU	M6	M48
WP 6	Electric field assisted active control on the phase change process for heat transfer at microscale	Research, training, communication, dissemination	52	UAVR	M12	M42
WP 7	Dissemination, exploitation and communication	Dissemination, exploitation	6	UH	M1	M48

The opening meeting of the project titled "Micro-FloTec: Microscale enabled advanced flow and heat transfer technologies featuring high performance and low power consumption", led by Prof. Dr. Ali Koşar and Dr. Abdolali K. Sadaghiani, faculty members of Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), and EFSUN researchers, supported under Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021, was held online on March 28, 2023. Representatives from partner and associate partner organizations participated in the meeting. The project will be coordinated by Sabancı University.

The Micro-FloTec project adopts an international, multidisciplinary, and collaborative approach to exchange expertise among 17 research institutions and two industrial partners to trigger significant advancements and paradigm shifts in small-scale heat transfer and thermal management solutions.

The project team hopes to achieve cost-effective and sustainable solutions, initiate new research, and contribute to the EU's long-term strategy for climate and energy savings targets by 2050. At the project opening meeting, partners had the opportunity to meet and important issues were discussed regarding the implementation of the project and the activities to be carried out within the project work packages.

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