Numerical investigation into the thermal performance of single microchannels with varying axial length and different shapes of micro pin-fin inserts

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2016-09-26
Authors
Adewumi, O.O
Bello-Ochende, T.
Meyer, J.P
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Heat Transfer Engineering
Abstract
This study investigates numerically the thermal performance of combined microchannel heat sink with micro pin-fins with different cross-sectional shapes. The objective of this study is to investigate the best geometric configuration that maximizes the heat transfer from the heated base when the combined heat sink is subjected to a steady, laminar, incompressible convective fluid flow and heat transfer. The axial length of the solid substrate and microchannel is varied from 1 to 10 mm with fixed total volume of 0.9 mm3 while the number of rows of the different shapes of micro pin-fins was varied between three and seven. It was observed that best performance is obtained with a sixth row of circular-shaped micro pin-fins for the optimized combination of the microchannel and micro pin-fin heat sink. Results of the optimal axial length for fixed pressure drop range are also presented.
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Geometric configuration , Micro pin-fins , Optimal axial length , Microchannel , Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Engineering mechanics
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Adewumi, O. O., Bello-Ochende, T., & Meyer, J. P. (2017). Numerical investigation into the thermal performance of single microchannels with varying axial length and different shapes of micro pin-fin inserts. Heat Transfer Engineering, 38(13), 1157-1170.