Performance analysis of nanofluid-cooled microchannel heat sinks

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1013-1026

  Tsai, Tsung Hsun ^a   Chein, Reiyu ^b  

^a WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Convective thermal resistance and conductive resistance; Microchannel heat sink (MCHS); Nanofluid; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

CONDUCTIVE RESISTANCE; CONVECTIVE THERMAL RESISTANCE; MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS;

HEAT SINKS;

ASPECT RATIO; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34548628668     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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