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Forced convective heat transfer in parallel flow multilayer microchannels

Saidi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2007

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/1.2739600
  3. Publisher: 2007
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this paper, the effect of increasing the number of layers on improving the thermal performance of microchannel heat sinks is studied. In this way, both numerical and analytical methods are utilized. The analytical method is based on the porous medium assumption. Here, the modified Darcy equation and the energy balance equations are used. The method has led to an analytical expression presenting the average dimensionless temperature field in the multilayer microchannel heat sink. The effects of different parameters such as aspect ratio, porosity, channel width, and the solid properties on the thermal resistance are described. The results for single layer and multilayer heat sinks are compared to show the effectiveness of using multilayer microchannels. Copyright © 2007 by ASME
  6. Keywords:
  7. Aspect ratio ; Channel flow ; Energy balance ; Forced convection ; Heat transfer ; Microchannels ; Numerical methods ; Porosity ; Porous materials ; Darcy equation ; Microchannel heta sink ; Multilayer microchannels ; Parallel flow ; Heat sinks ; Heat resistance
  8. Source: Journal of Heat Transfer ; Volume 129, Issue 9 , 2007 , Pages 1230-1236 ; 00221481 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/heattransfer/article-abstract/129/9/1230/467628/Forced-Convective-Heat-Transfer-in-Parallel-Flow?redirectedFrom=fulltext