Experimental investigations on thermal performance enhancement and effect of orientation on porous matrix filled PCM based heat sink

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-30

  Baby, Rajesh ^a   Balaji, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Enhancement ratio; Heat sink; Orientation; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CHIPS; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS;

COPPER; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FOAMS; HEAT SINKS; METALS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84881259391     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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