Solid-State Microrefrigeration in Conjunction With Liquid Cooling

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Younes Ezzahri ◽  
Ali Shakouri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Liquid Cooling

Thermal design requirements are mostly driven by the peak temperatures. Reducing or eliminating hot spots could alleviate the design requirement for the whole package. Combination of solid-state and liquid cooling will allow removal of both hot spots and background heating. In this paper, we analyze the performance of thin film Bi2Te3 microcooler and the 3D SiGe-based microrefrigerator, and optimize the maximum cooling and cooling power density in the presence of a liquid flow. Liquid flow and heat transfer coefficient will change the background temperature of the chip but they also affect the performance of the solid-state coolers used to remove hot spots. Both Peltier cooling at interfaces and Joule heating inside the device could be affected by the fluid flow. We analyze conventional Peltier coolers as well as 3D coolers. We study the impact of various parameters such as thermoelectric leg thickness, thermal interface resistances, and geometry factor on the overall system performance. We find that the cooling of a conventional Peltier cooler is significantly reduced in the presence of fluid flow. On the other hand, 3D SiGe cooler can be effective to remove high power density hot spots up to 500 W/cm2. 3D microrefrigerators can have a significant impact if the thermoelectric figure-of-merit, ZT, could reach 0.5 for a material grown on silicon substrate. It is interesting to note that there is an optimum microrefrigerator active region thickness that gives the maximum localized cooling. For liquid heat transfer coefficient between 5000 and 20,000 W m−2 K−1, the optimum is found to be between 10 μm and 20 μm.

Numerical investigation of laminar forced convection for a non-Newtonian nanofluids flowing inside an elliptical duct under convective boundary condition

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroun Ragueb ◽  
Kacem Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convective Boundary Condition ◽  
Bulk Temperature ◽  
Convective Boundary ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal response of the laminar non-Newtonian fluid flow in elliptical duct subjected to a third-kind boundary condition with a particular interest to a non-Newtonian nanofluid case. The effects of Biot number, aspect ratio and fluid flow behavior index on the heat transfer have been examined carefully.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the mathematical problem has been formulated in dimensionless form, and then the curvilinear elliptical coordinates transform is applied to transform the original elliptical shape of the duct to an equivalent rectangular numerical domain. This transformation has been adopted to overcome the inherent mathematical deficiency due to the dependence of the ellipsis contour on the variables x and y. The yielded problem has been successfully solved using the dynamic alternating direction implicit method. With the available temperature field, several parameters have been computed for the analysis purpose such as bulk temperature, Nusselt number and heat transfer coefficient.FindingsThe results showed that the use of elliptical duct enhances significantly the heat transfer coefficient and reduces the duct’s length needed to achieve the thermal equilibrium. For some cases, the reduction in the duct’s length can reach almost 50 per cent compared to the circular pipe. In addition, the analysis of the non-Newtonian nanofluid case showed that the addition of nanoparticles to the base fluid improves the heat transfer coefficient up to 25 per cent. The combination of using an elliptical duct and the addition of nanoparticles has a spectacular effect on the overall heat transfer coefficient with an enhancement of 50-70 per cent. From the engineering applications view, the results demonstrate the potential of elliptical duct in building light-weighted compact shell-and-tube heat exchangers.Originality/valueA complete investigation of the heat transfer of a fully developed laminar flow of power law fluids in elliptical ducts subject to the convective boundary condition with application to non-Newtonian nanofluids is addressed.

scholarly journals Algorithm Scheme to Simulate the Distortions during Gas Quenching in a Single-Piece Flow Technology

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Sawicki ◽  
Krzysztof Krupanek ◽  
Wojciech Stachurski ◽  
Victoria Buzalski
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Single Piece ◽  
Gas Quenching ◽  
Complex Fluid ◽  
Algorithm Scheme

Low-pressure carburizing followed by high-pressure quenching in single-piece flow technology has shown good results in avoiding distortions. For better control of specimen quality in these processes, developing numerical simulations can be beneficial. However, there is no commercial software able to simulate distortion formation during gas quenching that considers the complex fluid flow field and heat transfer coefficient as a function of space and time. For this reason, this paper proposes an algorithm scheme that aims for more refined results. Based on the physical phenomena involved, a numerical scheme was divided into five modules: diffusion module, fluid module, thermal module, phase transformation module, and mechanical module. In order to validate the simulation, the results were compared with the experimental data. The outcomes showed that the average difference between the numerical and experimental data for distortions was 1.7% for the outer diameter and 12% for the inner diameter of the steel element. Numerical simulation also showed the differences between deformations in the inner and outer diameters as they appear in the experimental data. Therefore, a numerical model capable of simulating distortions in the steel elements during high-pressure gas quenching after low-pressure carburizing using a single-piece flow technology was obtained, whereupon the complex fluid flow and variation of the heat transfer coefficient was considered.

Numerical and experimental analysis of microchannel heat transfer for nanoliquid coolant using different shapes and geometries

2014 ◽  
Vol 229 (11) ◽  
pp. 2056-2065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Garg ◽  
Vipender Singh Negi ◽  
Nidhi Garg ◽  
AK Lall
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Transfer Analysis ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat Transfer ◽  
High Heat Transfer Coefficient

As part of the liquid cooling, most of the work has been done on fluid flow and heat transfer analysis for flow field. In the present work, the experimental and numerical studies of the microchannel the fluid flow and heat transfer analysis using nanoliquid coolant have been discussed. The practical aspects for increasing the high heat transfer coefficient from conventional studies and the different geometries and shapes of the microchannel are studied. The Aspect Ratio has significant effect on the microchannels and has been varied from AR 2, 4 and 8 to choose the optimum one. Three different fluids, i.e. de-ionized water, ethylene glycol, and a custom nanofluid are chosen for study. The proposed nanofluid almost interacts as another solid and has reduced thermal resistance, friction effect, and thus it almost vanishes high hot spots. Experimental analysis shows that the proposed nanofluid is excellent fluid for high rate heat removals. Moreover, the performance of the overall system is excellent in terms of high heat transfer coefficient, high thermal conductivity, and high capacity of the fluid. It has been reported that the heat transfer coefficient can be increased to 2.5 times of the water or any other fluid. It was also reported that the AR 4 rectangular-shaped channels are the optimum geometry in the Reynolds number ranging from 50 to 800 considering laminar flow. Examination and identification is based upon the practical result that includes fabrication constraints, commercial application, sealing of the system, ease of operation, and so on.

Experiments on Hydrodynamic and Thermal Behaviors of Thin Liquid Films

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ozar ◽  
B. M. Cetegen ◽  
A. Faghri
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Disk Surface ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Liquid Films ◽  
Local Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Flow Rates

An experimental study of heat transfer into a thin film of liquid water on a rotating disk is described. The film was introduced from a flow collar at the center of a heated, horizontal disk at a fixed initial film thickness with a uniform radial velocity. Radial distribution of the disk surface temperatures was measured using a thermocouple / slip ring arrangement. Experiments were performed for a range of liquid flow rates between 3.0 lpm and 15.0 lpm corresponding to Reynolds numbers (based on the liquid inlet gap height and velocity) between 238 and 1188. The angular speed of the disk was varied from 0 rpm to 500 rpm. The local heat transfer coefficient was determined based on the heat flux supplied to the disk and the temperature difference between the measured disk surface temperature and the entrance temperature of the liquid onto the disk. The local heat transfer coefficient was seen to increase with increasing flow rate as well as increasing angular velocity of the disk. Effect of rotation on heat transfer was largest for the lower liquid flow rates with the effect gradually decreasing with increasing liquid flow rates. Semi-empirical correlations are presented in this study for the local and average Nusselt numbers. In addition to the heat transfer characterization, the thickness of the liquid film on the disk surface was measured by an optical method, including the characteristics of the hydraulic jump and the subcritical and supercritical flow regions.

Generalization of the Heat Transfer Coefficient Concept for System Simulation

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed-Nabil Sabry
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
3D Simulation ◽  
Good Precision ◽  
Zeroth Order ◽  
3D Simulations ◽  
Transfer Problems ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

Large progress has been realized in modeling conduction heat transfer problems over the past decade by the introduction of high performance compact thermal models (CTMs) mainly developed for thermal design of complicated electronic systems. The objective of this paper is to generalize these advances to convective heat transfer. A new convective CTM is proposed, which offers many advantages over the traditional approach using the heat transfer coefficient (HTC). The latter is simply a zeroth order CTM. The HTC is quite handy and simple, but with unpredictable errors. It can be suitable for hand calculations of simple systems giving rather crude estimates. For a higher precision, users have no other option than time consuming 3D simulations. For large systems, in terms of number of components, 3D simulations can be rapidly impractical. The CTM bridges the gap between both approaches going gradually from “HTC” levels (low precision and calculations time) at the zeroth order, to 3D simulation precision and computing time levels at large orders. Fortunately, like for conduction, a CTM of order of few tens quickly approaches 3D simulation precision levels, while keeping computation time significantly lower than 3D simulation. Moreover, the CTM approach solves conjugate heat transfer problems in a quite elegant way. A “black box” model, developed for fluid domain alone, can be easily combined with classical CTM conduction models to generate good precision predictions for any combination of fluid/solid domains.

Thermal Performance Enhancement of an Industrial Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadi A. Ghaith ◽  
Ahmed S. Izhar
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Shell Side ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube

This paper aims to enhance the thermal performance of an industrial shell-and-tube heat exchanger utilized for the purpose of cooling raw natural gas by means of mixture of Sales gas. The main objective of this work is to provide an optimum and reliable thermal design of a single-shelled finned tubes heat exchanger to replace the existing two- shell and tube heat exchanger due to the space limitations in the plant. A comprehensive thermal model was developed using the effectiveness-NTU method. The shell-side and tube-side overall heat transfer coefficient were determined using Bell-Delaware method and Dittus-Boelter correlation, respectively. The obtained results showed that the required area to provide a thermal duty of 1.4 MW is about 1132 m2 with tube-side and shell-side heat transfer coefficients of 950 W/m2K and 495 W/m2K, respectively. In order to verify the obtained results generated from the mathematical model, a numerical study was carried out using HTRI software which showed a good match in terms of the heat transfer area and the tube-side heat transfer coefficient.

Influence of the Surface Treatment of Tubes on the Heat Transfer in Low Pressure Atmosphere

2013 ◽  
Vol 592-593 ◽  
pp. 525-528
Author(s):  
Ladislav Šnajdárek ◽  
Petr Kracík ◽  
Jiří Pospíšil
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Vacuum Pump ◽  
The Heat Transfer Coefficient

This paper presents the current research on heat transfer at a sprinkled tube bundle consisting of smooth tubes and located in a chamber inside of which a low pressure is created by a liquid vacuum pump. It also monitors the changes of the heat transfer coefficient in relation to the speed of sprinkled and sprinkling liquid flow, thermal gradient.

3D Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Tube with Spiral-Flange Insert

2011 ◽  
Vol 236-238 ◽  
pp. 1508-1515
Author(s):  
Qun Song Li ◽  
Qian Yang ◽  
Zhi Song Li ◽  
Tian Lan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Turbulence Intensity ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
3D Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Smooth Tubes

With the help of Fluent 6.2 and supporting software, 3D numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer enhancement of plastic spiral tubes were performed on computer, and the velocity, turbulence intensity and improvement of convective heat transfer coefficient distribution in plastic spiral tubes were analyzed and compared with those in smooth tubes, and characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer were obtained. The results showed that there were obvious axial, tangential and radial velocities in spiral space, and they were bigger than those in smooth tubes. The turbulence intensity was also increased greatly because of the existence of spiral channels. The dirt production was prevented and the tube's convection heat transfer was effectively strengthened. Its surface average heat transfer coefficient had been enhanced by about 20% compared with the smooth tubes; The pressure drop caused by plastic spiral flange was in the permissible range of engineering application. It was suitable for the heat exchanger at a flow velocity lower than 0.8m/s.

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