Feasibility Study of Effective Cooling Through Microchannel Heat Sink (MCHS) and Nanofluid Applications

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl Jennings ◽  
Sonya Smith
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Heat Sink ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Microchannel Heat Sink ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Micro Channels

The goal of this research is to present an analytical model of nanostructures and study the effects of their geometry on the performance of micro channels. The pressure drop experienced by micro channels is of interest as it presents a limit on forced convection heat transfer. This work will demonstrate how the presence of nanostructures alleviates pressure drop and results in enhanced cooling capabilities. Multiple transient analyses were performed in ANSYS FLUENT to ascertain performance characteristics of microchannels without the presence of hydrophobic nanostructures. The results were compared to the analytical model developed in this study.

A Numerical Study of the Thermal Performance of Two Stationary Insert Designs in Internal Compressible Flows

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad Y. Tanbour ◽  
Ramin K. Rahmani
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Compressible Flows ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Stationary Heat Transfer

Enhancement of the natural and forced convection heat transfer has been the subject of numerous academic and industrial studies. Air blenders, mechanical agitators, and static mixers have been developed to increase the forced convection heat transfer rate in compressible and incompressible flows. Stationary inserts can be efficiently employed as heat transfer enhancement devices in the natural convection systems. Generally, a stationary heat transfer enhancement insert consists of a number of equal motionless segments, placed inside of a pipe in order to control flowing fluid streams. These devices have low maintenance and operating costs, low space requirements and no moving parts. A range of designs exists for a wide range of specific applications. The shape of the elements determines the character of the fluid motion and thus determines thermal effectiveness of the insert. There are several key parameters that may be considered in the design procedure of a heat transfer enhancement insert, which lead to significant differences in the performance of various designs. An ideal insert, for natural conventional heat transfer in compressible flow applications, provides a higher rate of heat transfer and a thermally homogenous fluid with minimized pressure drop and required space. To choose an insert for a given application or in order to design a new insert, besides experimentation, it is possible to use Computational Fluid Dynamics to study the insert performance. This paper presents the outcomes of the numerical studies on industrial stationary heat transfer enhancement inserts and illustrates how a heat transfer enhancement insert can improve the heat transfer in buoyancy driven compressible flows. Using different measuring tools, thermal performance of two different inserts (twisted and helix) are studied. It is shown that the helix design leads to a higher rate of heat transfer, while causes a lower pressure drop in the flowfield, suggesting the insert effectiveness is higher for the helix design, compared to a twisted plate.

3D Printed Architected Heat Sinks Cooling Performance in Free and Forced Convection Environments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed I. Hassan Ali ◽  
Oraib Al-Ketan ◽  
Mohamad Khalil ◽  
Nada Baobaid ◽  
Kamran Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Heat Transfer Performance ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Sinks ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Transfer Performance ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Performance Study

Abstract In this work, we extend our heat transfer performance study on our proposed new and novel 3D printable architected heat sinks with geometrically complex structures based on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling is used to assess the effect of porosity distribution, heat load, and isothermal boundary condition on the performance of the proposed TPMS-based heat sinks in active cooling using natural and forced convection heat transfer environments. The convection heat transfer coefficient, surface temperature, pressure drop are predicted using CFD method. The CFD model is validated using experimental results for the pressure drop and is verified by standard analytical results. Three TPMS structures are investigated in different orientations. Dimensionless heat transfer groups are developed to globalize the heat transfer performance of the proposed heat sinks.

Comparative Study of Effective Cooling in Microchannel Heat Sinks (MCHS) With Nanofluid and Hydrophobic Nanostructures Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl Jennings ◽  
Sonya Smith
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Heat Sinks ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Cooling Flow ◽  
Micro Channels ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The goal of this research is to present an analytical model of nanostructures and study the effects of their geometry on the performance of micro channels. The pressure drop experienced by micro channels is of interest as it presents a limit on forced convection heat transfer. This work will demonstrate how the presence of nanostructures primarily affects pressure drop as well as other cooling flow characteristics. Additional work in the impact of microchannel cross-sectional geometry and friction factor formulation is provided as well. Multiple transient analyses were performed in ANSYS FLUENT to ascertain performance characteristics of microchannels without the presence of hydrophobic nanostructures. The results were compared to the analytical model developed in this study.

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