Heat transfer correlations for PCM-based heat sinks with plate fins

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2485-2491

  Saha, S K ^a   Dutta, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Constant heat flux; Correlation; Electronics cooling; Melting; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CORRELATION; ELECTRONICS COOLING; FIN HEIGHT; FIN THICKNESS; FOURIER NUMBERS; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; LENGTH SCALE; MELT CONVECTION; MELTING PROCESS; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PHASE CHANGE; PLATE FINS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES; STEFAN NUMBERS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT FLUX; MELTING; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 77956225068     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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