bigben2k, you flatter me to suggest I could actually absorb all this information and have any useful information to offer in enough time to be of any service.
This design is more a mechanical engineering issue than a chemical engineering issue. With the sort of complex flow patterns you're discussing, I wouldn't be able to offer up much more than educated guesses about the design.
I suppose I could come up with some estimated performance specs given a number of conditions. That wouldn't take too long, but I'd need some more information before I started.
My current concern with this design is that the fins don't seem to disrupt the flow much, and will probably impede turbulence rather than improve it.
This isn't a bad thing, really. It might make a very effective high-flow-rate block.
Anyway, if you could give me the following info I could get started:
1) Estimated flow rates
2) Estimated heat dissipation (I'd assume ~100 watts)
3) Some info about the top mating piece for the block - at least enough to tell me something about the channels. I'm having trouble determining the current design and dimensions of the channels from your posts.
I'm a bit busy this week, so it may take a few days before I can get to work on this, but I hope whatever I find is helpful.
Alchemy
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