Study on the thermal behavior and cooling performance of a nanofluid-cooled microchannel heat sink

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-384

  Chen, Chien Hsin ^a   Ding, Chang Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooling performance; Microchannel heat sink; Nanofluid; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WALL; COOLING PERFORMANCE; DARCY EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INERTIA; FLUID-PHASE; FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; INERTIAL EFFECT; INERTIAL FORCES; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINK; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL DISPERSION; THERMAL RESISTANCE; TWO-EQUATION MODEL;

COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TITRATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78651314065     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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