The field of microfluidic heat transfer is an emerging area of research due to the development of thermal microdevices. The use of thermal microdevices is highly desirable in various engineering fields, especially for electronics cooling and biomedical applications. This paper reviews the latest research conducted in the field of microfluidic heat transfer, which includes devices such as microchannels, micropumps, microturbines, microengines, as well as integrated microfluidic devices (or labs-on-chips). Recent experimental and numerical techniques relevant to the thermal MEMS field have also been emphasized. The mass implementation of thermal microdevices in future technology is still quite far, and in years to come, vast amounts of research need to be conducted before this becomes possible. Hence, potential future directions of research have been provided.

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SPECIAL SESSION: Energy and Environment

Chair-Organizer: Jurij Krope

Hydraulic analysis of vertical two-pipe central heating networks	László Garbai, Lajos Barna, Zoltán Szánthó	530-345
Modelling of Non-Steady-State Conditions in a Gas Boiler Heated Room	László Garbai, Lajos Barna	530-343
Legal Regulation of the European Union Energy Market	T. Krope, J. Krope, M. Puksic	530-327
Economical Heat Production and Distribution	Joze Torkar, Darko Goricanec, Jurij Krope	530-264
Economic Analysis of Rotary Heat Regenerator using Waste Room Air	Danijela Dobersek, Darko Goricanec, Jurij Krope	530-251
Economical Generation of Compressed Air	Edvard Kiker, Albin Leskovar, Uros Zuperl	530-112

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SPECIAL SESSION: Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer: Theory, Experiment and Applications

Chair-Organizer: Jinliang Xu

Noninvasive Measurement of Temperature Field In Natural Convection of Solidifying Saline Water	Karolina Blogowska, Roman Domanski	530-316
Flow Boiling in Micro-Scale Channels – an Analysis of Heat Transfer, Experimental Results and Prediction Methods	Gherhardt Ribatski, Leszek Wojtan, John R. Thome	530-268
The testing study of the temperature limit for oil-gas-water mixed transportation during oil production with special high water-cut	Liu Xiaoyan, Tan Yingjie, Liu Lijun, Guo Jinghog	530-255
The Study on Axial Temperature Drop Calculation Method for Oil-Gas-water Mixture Transferring Buried Pipeline	Xiaoyan Liu, Bo Zhao, Yan Zhang, Lijun Liu	530-254
The Pressure Drop Calculation Method in Oil-Gas-water Horizontal Pipeline with Highly-water	Han Guoyou, Zhang Yan, Liu Xiaoyan, Liu Lijun, Zhao Bo	530-253
Study on the Simulation Method for Wall Burning in Liquid – bath Combustor	Xiaohan Wang, Daiqing Zhao, Libo He, Yong Chen	530-196
Forced Convective Boiling Heat Transfer of Acetone in Parallel Silicon Microchannels	Y.H. Gan, J.L. Xu, W. Zhang	530-188
The Simulation and Optimal Design of Key Structure on Shellside of Large Heat Exchanger with Longitudinal Flow of Shellside Fluid	Qi-Wu Dong, Min-Shan Liu, Xiao-Dong Zhao	530-176
Particle-Wall Contact Time in Fluidized Beds	Reza Zarghami, Navid Mostoufi, Rahmat Sotudeh-Gharebagh, Jamal Chaouki	530-152

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Heat and Mass Transfer Dynamics in Nano and Micro Scale

Chair: Ibrahim Hassan, J. Anagnostopoulos

Microbubble Emission Boiling of Alcohol-Water Mixtures	Koichi Suzuki	530-290
Bubble Dynamics and Boiling Heat Transfer in Microscale	J. L. Xu, W. Zhang, C. X. Zhao, Y. H. Gan, Q. C. Su	530-330
Study on the Operating Characteristics in Small Size Heat Pipe Using Nanofluids	Ki-Ho Park, Wook-Hyun Lee, Ki-Woo Lee, Il-Hyun Baek, Seok-Ho Rhi, Dong-Reun Shin	530-239
Numerical Study of Particle Deposition in a Channel Flow With a Built-In Cylinder	M. Salmanzadeh, A. Soltani Goharrizi, M. Rahnama	530-202
Effect of Nanofluid on Heat Pipe Thermal Performance	Wei-Chiang Wei, Sheng-Hong Tsai, Shih-Yu Yang, Shung-Wen Kang	530-101
Study on Heat Transfer Performance of Flat Plate Heat Pipe based on Experiment	Wook-Hyun Lee, Ki-Woo Lee, Young-Soo Lee, Won-Pyo Jeon, Ki-Ho Park, Kye-Jung Lee	530-240

Sunday, August 21, 2005

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SPECIAL SESSION: Single and Two Phase Natural Circulation

Chair-Organizer: Mario Misale

Steady and Unsteady Natural Circulation in a Single-Phase 2D-Annular Loop	Gilles Desrayaud, Alberto Fichera, Manuel Marcoux	530-308
Some Considerations on the Interaction Between the Fluid and Wall Tube During Experiments in a Single-Phase Natural Circulation Loops	Mario Misale, Francesco Devia, Pietro Garibaldi	530-281
The Motion of Individual Bubbles in a Bubble Swarm and the Structure of the Liquid Motion	Masaki Ishitobi, Takayuki Saito	530-235
Formulation of Four-Tip Optical-Fiber Probe for Accurate Characterization of Bubbles	Yasuhiro Mizuno, Takayuki Saito	530-233
Experiments on Visualizing the pseudo-3D Structure of Bubble Shape and its Surrounding Liquid Motion	Yuki Miyamoto, Takayuki Saito	530-230
Numerical Simulation of a Three Stage Natural Circulation Heat Recovery Steam Generator	Heimo Walter, Wladimir Linzer	530-194
On Experimental Study of Heat Transfer in Gravity Driven Water Film	S. Sinkunas, J. Gylys, A. Kiela	530-131
Nanofluids Heat Transfer Performance for Cooling of High Heat Output Microprocessor	C. T. Nguyen, G. Roy, P.-R. Lajoie, S. E. B. Maïga	530-267

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SPECIAL SESSION: Convection Heat Transfer: Modelling and Experiment

Chair-Organizer: Hamzeh Duwairi

A Generalized Correlation for Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient Based on Corresponding State Rule for Pure Compounds and Binary Mixtures	Hassan Qabazard, Mahmood Moshfeghian	530-249
Analytical Solution of One-Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction Problem in Thick Metal Slab	M. Riyad H. Abdelkader	530-237
On The Convective Heat Transfer from Circular Cylinders with Applications to Hot-Wire Anemometry	A. Al-Salaymeh	530-086
Wall Oscillation Effects on Heat Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure	Kuo-Shu Hung, Chin-Hsiang Cheng	530-088
Performance of A Solar Collector Augmented Still	H. Al-Tahaineh	530-094

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Heat and Mass Transfer: Theory and Applications I

Chair: S. H. Sohrab, J. Pospisil

Buoyancy-Driven Convection in a Horizontal Fluid Layer Subjected to Isothermal Cooling from above	J. H. Park, M. C. Kim, J. H. Moon, S. H. Park, C. K. Choi	530-260
Adiabatic Sorption of Ammonia-Water System and Depicting in p-T-x Diagram	J. Pospisil, Z. Skala	530-123
The Influence of Solar and Longwave Radiations on the Airflow in Building Spaces	B. Farhanieh, S. Sattari	530-174
Some Implications of the Modified Forms of the First and the Second Laws of Thermodynamics and the Variational Principles in Chemically Reactive Systems	Siavash H. Sohrab	530-162
Characterization of 1-D and 2-D cylindrical pin fins with adiabatic and convective end from the characteristic length	J. P. Luna-Abad, F. Alhama	530-192
A revision of the classical Reynolds numbers for different types of flow following the theory of discriminated dimensional analysis	C. N. Madrid García, F. Alhama	530-193
Inverse Boundary Design of Two-Dimensional Irregular Enclosures Using Micro-Genetic Algorithm	A. Safavinejad, S. H. Mansouri, S. M. Hosseini Sarvari	530-203
Unsteady simulation of spray in moderately high pressure environment	Tae Joong Wang, Seung Wook Baek	530-118
Diffusion in Multi-component Polymer Solutions	George D. Verros, Nikolaos A. Malamataris	530-201
Modification of Kinetic models for the description of thermal dissociation processes in polydisperse system	Yahya Albadwi, Janusz Pysiak	498-238
Initiation of Water Hammer in a Steam/Water Pipe with a Non-Condensable Gas	Jiann-Lin Chen, Tzu-Chen Hung, S. Kong Wang, Bau-Shi Pei	530-278
Metal Plastic Straining Processes with Predictable Mechanical and Constitutive Properties Modeling	Nikolay Tutyshkin	530-189

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Heat and Mass Transfer: Theory and Applications II

Chair: Nikolai Kobasko, J. Pospisil

CFD -Analysis of a Part Under Quenching As a Heat Transfer Conjugate Problem	Pavlo Krukovskyi, Nikolai Kobasko, Anatoly Polubinskiy	530-287
Boiling Heat Transfer on Grooved Capillary Surfaces	Irakli Shekriladze, Jondo Rusishvili, George Gigineishvili, Evtikhi Machavariani, David Shekriladze	530-296
Studies on Simultaneous Effluent Evaporation and Water Recovery System	S. Sathish Kumar, A. Mani	530-297
Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Synthetic Jet Actuators in Forced Convection Water Filled Micro-Channels	Victoria Timchenko, John Reizes, Eddie Leonardi, Fulvio Stella	530-313
Impact of Alternating Drying-Air Flow Direction on the Drying Kinetics of Agricultural Products	S. J. Babalis, E. Papanicolaou, V. G. Belessiotis	530-331
A Taranto’s Hotel Application of Sea Water-Air Heat Pump	Leonardo Filotico, Francesco Piccininni, Tiziana Scialpi	530-335
Turbulent Heat Transfer Modelling in a Vessel Stirred by a Pitched Blade Turbine Impeller	Barbara Zakrzewska, Zdzislaw Jaworski	530-197

ROOM B’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Computational Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer

Chair: D. Mathioulakis, George Verros

Modeling Of Annular Combustion Chambers Using CFD	Harley Souza Alencar, Helcio Francisco Villanova, Marco Antonio Rosa do Nascimento	498-744
Object-oriented language variables and new continuous media simulation approach	Alexander Soiguine	530-286
Modeling of Pressure Oscillation for Submerged Condensing Steam Jet in Choked Condition	Soon-Joon Hong	530-229
Numerical Simulation of Turbulent, Two-Phase Flows in Complex Geometries	Mahmod Afshar	530-087

Monday, August 22, 2005

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Energy and Economical issues in Heat Production

Chair: J. Anagnostopoulos, Slawomir Smolen

Economic Analysis of Heating Systems using Geothermal Heat Pump	E. Torhac, L.C. Lipus, J. Krope, D. Goricanec, A. Saljnikov, R. Stipic, Ð. Kozic	498-631
Determination of Productivity for Separate Layers in a Geothermal Well based on Well Log Temperature	Evgen Torhač, Jurij Krope, Darko Goričanec	530-288
Energy management as an Entrepreneur Management Objective	Davorin Kralj, Darko Goricanec, Lilijana Eisner	530-279
Numerical Assessment of the Allowed Sulphur Content in the Fuel Used by the Power Stations in Kuwait – Part 1	A. A. Ramadan, M. Al-Sudairawi, S. Al-Hajraf, A. Khan	530-228
Numerical Assessment of the Allowed Sulphur Content in the Fuel Used by the Power Stations in Kuwait – Part 2	A. A. Ramadan, M. Al-Sudairawi, S. Al-Hajraf, A. Khan	530-231
Economical Analysis of Energy Conversion and Use by Cogeneration Systems with Microturbines	Slawomir Smolen, Marzena Budnik-Rodz	530-132
Increasing Performances of a Thermal Energy Plant	Leonardo Filotico, Francesco Piccininni, Tiziana Scialpi	530-080

ROOM A’:
3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Heat and Mass Transfer in manufacturing, machinery and electronic equipment

Chair: J.P. Curtis, Andris Buikis

Approximate analytical three-dimensional solution for periodical system with rectangular fin, Part 1	Andris Buikis, Margarita Buike	530-366
Approximate analytical three-dimensional solution for periodical system with rectangular fin, Part 2	Margarita Buike, Andris Buikis	530-367
Experiment Study and Numerical analysis of (110) Silicon Base Microchannel Applying on Electronic Cooling	C. S. Yu, J. S. Yu, S. W. Kang	530-179
Hyperbolic heat conduction in a band irradiated by different types of laser sources	Juan Antonio López Molina, Macarena Trujillo	530-177
Cooling Systems using Combined Water Plus Phase Change Material In Graphite Reservoirs for Cooling Burst Thermal Loads	Z. Horvitz, S. Jackel	530-172
Optimization of spacing for rectangular not-unitary efficiency fin systems	Federico Rossi, Andrea Nicolini, Mirko Filipponi	530-134
The Recuperation of Waste Heat in the Air Conditioning Systems	A. Zemljic, D. Goricanec, J. Krope	498-628
Ultrasonic Vibrations for Improving Absorption Chillers Performances	Federico Rossi, Mirko Filipponi, Andrea Presciutti	530-320
Optimization of Multiple Thin Thermal Insulation Layers	J. P. Curtis	530-289

3^rd International IASME/WSEAS Conference on Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering and Environment

SESSION: Quench- process design, equipment and non-destructive control of materials

Chair: Prof. Nikolai Kobasko

Intensive quenching of carburized steel parts	M. A. Aronov, N. I. Kobasko, J. A. Powell	530-346
Deep Cold Treatment of Steel Parts and Tools	Nikolai Kobasko	530-285
Self-Regulated Thermal Process and Cooling Properties of Quenchants	Nikolai Kobasko, Volodymyr Dobrivecher	530-280