Electronic components cooling by natural convection in horizontal channel with slots

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2762-2772

  El Alami, M ^a   Najam, M ^a   Semma, E ^b   Oubarra, A ^a   Penot, F ^c  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

"T" form cavity; Heat transfer; Isothermal blocks; Natural convection; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

'T' FORM CAVITY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; ISOTHERMAL BLOCKS; NUMERICAL STUDY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 18544378854     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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