Thermal and hydrodynamic analysis of microchannel heat sinks: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 614-622

  Mohammed Adham, Ahmed ^a   Mohd Ghazali, Normah ^a   Ahmad, Robiah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analytical; Experimental; Heat transfer; Numerical; Rectangular microchannel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL; FLOW CONDITION; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; LIQUID COOLANT; MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINKS; MICROCHANNEL SYSTEMS; NANOFLUIDS; NON-CIRCULAR; NUMERICAL; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS;

COOLANTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT SINKS;

EID: 84873652906     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.022     Document Type: Review

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