Numerical simulations of interrupted and conventional microchannel heat sinks

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26, 2008, Pages 5906-5917

  Xu, Jinliang ^a   Song, Yanxi ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Hua ^c   Gan, Yunhua ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer enhancement; Microchannel heat sink; Numerical simulation; Pressure drop reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE DROP; SILICON; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHANNEL EFFECTS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFERS; DEVELOPING FLOWS; FLOW LENGTHS; HEAD LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENTS; MICRO CHAMBERS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINK; MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE RECOVERIES; RATE VARIATIONS; SILICON CHIPS; THERMAL CONDUCTIONS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 55549085521     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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