Heat transfer enhancement in microchannel heat sinks using nanofluids

Particle and thermohydraulic maldistribution of nanofluids in parallel microchannel systems

“…The use of nanofluids in microchannel heat exchangers has been recommended as a potentially feasible solution for cooling microelectronic devices. There are several experimental and numerical reports that concentrate on understanding the enhanced heat transfer characteristics and pressure drop of nanofluids in parallel microchannel systems [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. It has been reported that enhanced heat transfer can be achieved with the use of nanofluid in microchannels but at the cost of increased pressure drop.…”

Experimental Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Micro-Channel Heat Sink

“…The convective heat transfer rate can be enhanced by varying boundary conditions, geometry, or by enhancement of thermal conductivity of the fluid [14]. Nowadays nano particles are used for the enhancement of heat transfer rates but they also rises presuree drop [15][16][17][18][19].…”

Experimental investigation of forced convective heat transfer performance in nanofluids of Al2O3/water and CuO/water in a serpentine shaped micro channel heat sink

“…At present, thermal management of power electronics in high-end workstations, application servers and data centers [2] is an exceedingly demanding area that requires continuous research efforts to develop efficient and cost competitive cooling solutions. Air, water, ethylene glycol and engine oil are commonly used as a circulating fluid in MCHS [3]. Nanofluids were first proposed by Choi [4] at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA, who found that nano particles increase the thermal conductivity of the coolant, thus improving the heat transfer performance.…”