Experimental analysis and FEM simulation of finned U-shape multi heat pipe for desktop PC cooling

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2937-2944

  Elnaggar, Mohamed H A ^a   Abdullah, M Z ^a   Abdul Mujeebu, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Desktop PC CPU; Effective thermal conductivity; Finned heat pipe; Forced convection; Heat transfer coefficient; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; COOLANT VELOCITY; DESKTOP PC-CPU; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINNED HEAT PIPE; HEAT INPUT; HEAT SOURCES; MULTI-HEAT; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PIPE ORIENTATION; POWER INPUT; RECTANGULAR TUNNEL; SIMULATION RESULT; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; THERMAL RESISTANCE; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 79955663258     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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