Title

Numerical Simulation Of Heat Transfer In A Microchannel Heat Sink With Micro Encapsulated Phase Change Material (Mepcm) Slurry

Abstract

A numerical model to investigate heat transfer characteristics of the MEPCM slurry flow inside a typical microchannel is presented in the paper. The temperature field inside the channel wall is solved three dimensionally and is coupled with the three dimensional velocity and temperature fields of the fluid. The effective specific heat method is used to model the heat sink (MEPCM) in the single phase fluid. The slurry is assumed to be homogeneous with temperature-independent properties. The effects of various parameters such as concentration of MEPCM particles and their size on the heat transfer characteristics of slurry flow are discussed. The results of the numerical model are validated with single phase fluid flow analysis and slurry flows in microchannels separately since no experiment has been performed till date on microsized channels (less than 500 microns in size) employing MEPCM slurry. The analysis would help in designing and optimizing future designs of MEPCM slurry flows in MMC heat sinks. Copyright © 2007 by ASME.

Publication Date

12-1-2007

Publication Title

2007 Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference - HT 2007

Volume

2

Number of Pages

991-998

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2007-32449

Socpus ID

43449133584 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/43449133584

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