Finite Element Predictions of Free Convection Heat Transfer Coefficients of Simulated Electronic Circuit Boards

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Rajakumar ◽  
D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heating Surfaces ◽  
Free Convection Heat ◽  
Microelectronic Components

A numerical simulation of the buoyancy-induced flow around microelectronic components mounted on a circuit board has been performed using the finite element method. The circuit board is modeled by a vertical plate on which rectangular strip heating surfaces are mounted. Computations have been performed in two-dimensional plane applying a simplifying assumption that the circuit board and the strip heating surfaces are infinitely long. The Navier-Stokes, the flow continuity and the energy equations for laminar flow have been considered in the finite element discretizations. Results of the computations are presented in the form of temperature contour plots and velocity vector plots in the flow field. The convection heat transfer coefficients at the surface of the microelectronic components are presented as a function of their height. The convection coefficients computed have been compared with experimental correlations of free convection heat transfer found in the literature.

Free Convection Heat Transfer Coefficients From Rectangular Vertical Fins

1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Welling ◽  
C. B. Wooldridge
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Free Convection Heat ◽  
The Way

Vertical, rectangular, finned surfaces are used to effect heat transfer on much equipment. Lack of data showing the effect of various fin geometries on free-convection heat transfer prompted this experimentation. The results provide preliminary design data. For a given temperature, an optimum value of the ratio of fin height to the distance between fins is indicated. The way this ratio varies with fin temperature is also given.

Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Volumetrically Heated Spherical Segments

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Asfia ◽  
B. Frantz ◽  
V. K. Dhir
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Reactor Vessel ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Natural Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
External Cooling

External cooling of a light water reactor vessel by flooding of the concrete cavity with subcooled water is one of several management strategies currently being considered for accidents in which significant relocation of core material is predicted to occur. At present, uncertainty exists with respect to natural convection heat transfer coefficients between the pool of molten core material and the reactor vessel wall. In the present work, experiments were conducted to examine natural convection heat transfer in internally heated partially filled spherical pools with external cooling. In the experiments, Freon-113 was contained in a Pyrex bell jar, which was cooled externally with subcooled water. The pool was heated using a 750 W magnetron taken from a conventional microwave. The pool had a nearly adiabatic free surface. The vessel wall temperature was not uniform and varied from the stagnation point to the free surface. A series of chromel–alumel thermocouples was used to measure temperatures in both steady-state and transient conditions. Each thermocouple was placed in a specific vertical and radial location in order to determine the temperature distribution throughout the pool and along the inner and outer walls of the vessel. In the experiments, pool depth and radius were varied parametrically. Both local and averages heat transfer coefficients based on pool maximum temperature were obtained. Rayleigh numbers based on pool height were varied from 2 × 1010 to 1.1 × 1014. Correlations for the local heat transfer coefficient dependence on pool angle and for the dependence of average Nusselt number on Rayleigh number and pool depth have been developed.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Convection Heat Transfer of CO2 at Supercritical Pressures in a Vertical Mini Tube

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Xue Jiang ◽  
Yi-Jun Xu ◽  
Run-Fu Shi ◽  
S. He
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Bulk Fluid ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients

Convection heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressures in a vertical mini tube with a diameter of 0.948 mm was investigated experimentally and numerically. The local heat transfer coefficients, bulk fluid temperatures and wall temperatures were measured and presented. The effects of inlet fluid temperature, fluid pressure, mass flow rate, heat flux and wall thickness on the convection heat transfer in the mini tube were investigated. The experimental results were compared with calculated results using well-known correlations and numerical simulations. The results showed that the variable thermophysical properties of supercritical CO2 significantly influenced the convection heat transfer in the vertical mini tube and that for the studied conditions the influence of the wall thickness on the convection heat transfer in the mini tube was not great. For bulk fluid temperatures higher than the pseudo-critical temperature, the simulation results and the correlation results for the convection heat transfer coefficients in the mini tube corresponded well to the experimentally measured results.

Optimum Arrangement of Rectangular Fins on Horizontal Surfaces for Free-Convection Heat Transfer

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Jones ◽  
Lester F. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Maximum Heat Transfer ◽  
Optimum Arrangement ◽  
Free Convection Heat

Experimental average heat-transfer coefficients for free-convection cooling of arrays of isothermal fins on horizontal surfaces over a wider range of spacings than previously available are reported. A simplified correlation is presented and a previously available correlation is questioned. An optimum arrangement for maximum heat transfer and a preliminary design method are suggested, including weight considerations.

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