Numerical simulation and parametric study of heat-driven self-cooling of electronic devices

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kiflemariam, Robel ^a   Lin, Cheng Xian ^a  

^a The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cooling; Heat driven self cooling; Numerical simulation; Thermo electric generator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRON DEVICES; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

DEVICE TEMPERATURE; DIRECT CONTACT; FIN DENSITY; HEAT-DRIVEN; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SELF-COOLING;

ELECTRONIC COOLING;

EID: 84994589189     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028906     Document Type: Article

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