Thermal and hydrodynamic analysis of microchannel heat sinks: A review

Adham, Ahmed Mohammed; Mohd‐Ghazali, Normah; Ahmad, Robiah

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.022

Cited by 221 publications

(26 citation statements)

References 67 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…After the pioneering work of Tuckerman and Pease in 1981 [1], where the concept of microchannel heat sink was first proposed, numerous investigations have been focused on study of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in microchannels, as reviewed by Morini [2], Agostani et al [3] and Adham et al [4]. Generally, due to higher heat transfer coefficients of liquid coolants compared to gaseous coolants, liquid coolants are utilized with microchannel heat sinks [5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical study of liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

Ebrahimi

Roohi

Kheradmand

2015

Applied Thermal Engineering

156

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The liquid flow and conjugated heat transfer performance of single-phase laminar flow in rectangular microchannels equipped with longitudinal vortex generators (LVGs) are numerically investigated. Deionized-water with temperature-dependent thermo-physical properties is employed to conduct the simulations. Three dimensional simulations are performed using an open-source flow solver based on finite volume approach and SIMPLEC algorithm. Five different configurations of the microchannel with different angles of attack of the LVGs are considered. Simulation results are compared with available experimental data and a deviation below 10% is achieved. The results show that there is a 2-25% increase in the Nusselt number for microchannels with LVGs, while the friction factor increased by 4-30%, for Reynolds number ranged from 100 to 1100. Except one at Re=100, the overall performance of the all configurations of microchannels with LVGs is higher than one. Highlights• Temperature-depended thermo-physical properties is used to improve the numerical results.• Thermo-hydraulic performance of the microchannels with LVGs is studied in details.• Higher heat transfer enhancement is observed at higher Reynolds numbers.• Microchannels with LVGs cause higher pressure loss in the device.• The overall efficiency of the microchannels with LVGs is calculated.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical study of liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

Ebrahimi

Roohi

Kheradmand

2015

Applied Thermal Engineering

156

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Boiling is a multi-phase and efficient thermal energy transfer process due to its high latent heat [2]. Boiling heat transfer is applied in processes where high heat flux is needed to be removed i.e., nuclear power plant [3,4], desalination [5,6], or where space is confined such as electronic cooling and thermal management of data centers [7][8][9][10], thermal management of batteries [11], heat pipes [12,13] and microfluidic systems [14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Micro-Nano Scale Surface Coating for Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer: A Critical Review

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nucleate boiling is a phase change heat transfer process with a wide range of applications i.e., steam power plants, thermal desalination, heat pipes, domestic heating and cooling, refrigeration and air-conditioning, electronic cooling, cooling of turbo-machinery, waste heat recovery and much more. Due to its quite broad range of applications, any improvement in this area leads to significant economic, environmental and energy efficiency outcomes. This paper presents a comprehensive review and critical analysis on the recent developments in the area of micro-nano scale coating technologies, materials, and their applications for modification of surface geometry and chemistry, which play an important role in the enhancement of nucleate boiling heat transfer. In many industrial applications boiling is a surface phenomenon, which depends upon its variables such as surface area, thermal conductivity, wettability, porosity, and roughness. Compared to subtractive methods, the surface coating is more versatile in material selection, simple, quick, robust in implementation and is quite functional to apply to already installed systems. The present status of these techniques for boiling heat transfer enhancement, along with their future challenges, enhancement potentials, limitations, and their possible industrial implementation are also discussed in this paper.

show abstract

“…The most interesting case is the large slip of a superhydrophobic surface, where a gas is trapped between the rough protuberances (Cassie state). Reviews on various aspects of liquid slip flow were given by Neto et al [10], Ybert et al [11], Rothstein [12], Adham et al [13], and Asadi et al [14]. In essence, the effective slip condition is given as…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Slip Flow and Constant Flux Heat Transfer in Isosceles Triangular Ducts

Wang

2017

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Thermal and hydrodynamic analysis of microchannel heat sinks: A review

Cited by 221 publications

References 67 publications

Numerical study of liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

Numerical study of liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

Micro-Nano Scale Surface Coating for Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer: A Critical Review

Slip Flow and Constant Flux Heat Transfer in Isosceles Triangular Ducts

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About