Experimental and numerical studies on performance of PCM-based heat sink with different configurations of internal fins

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 3827-3838

  Hosseinizadeh, S F ^a   Tan, F L ^b   Moosania, S M ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Heat sink; Melting; Numerical simulation; Phase change material; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIN HEIGHT; FIN THICKNESS; INITIAL STAGES; INTERNAL FINS; MELTING RATES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHASE CHANGE; POWER LEVELS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT SINKS; MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 80052919438     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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