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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN A MEMS-BASED MICRO CHANNEL HEAT SINK
a School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada V3T 0A3
b Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2012, 3(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v3.3.3002
Abstract
Carbon nanotube (CNT) has been proven to be an effective material for the thermal management of MEMS-based devices due to its superior thermal conductivity. At the same time, micro-channel heat-sinks are widely used in electronic products as a high performance heat transfer device because of its simple construction, easy fabrication process and effective heat removal capability. A numerical study has been carried out to investigate the thermal-fluid characteristics of the aligned and staggered MWCNT (multi walled CNT) based micro pin fins having 650 µm long with hydraulic diameter of ~130 µm. Average heat transfer coefficients have been obtained for effective heat fluxes ranging from 50 to 130 W and Reynolds numbers from 14 to 160. The influence of various fluids, fluid velocity; fluid conductivity, fin material, fin conductivity, fin geometry and fin orientations on cooling effects have also been investigated and compared in this study.Keywords
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