Thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics of constructal tree-shaped minichannel heat sink

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2018-2029

  Chen, Yongping ^a   Zhang, Chengbin ^a   Shi, Mingheng ^a   Yang, Yingchun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructal; Fluid flow; Heat sink; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WALL; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; CONSTRUCTAL; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEATING SURFACES; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MINI CHANNELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE LOSS; SERPENTINE FLOW PATTERN; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; TREE-SHAPED FLOW STRUCTURES; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRESSURE DROP; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77958597065     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12135     Document Type: Article

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