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Optimum thermal performance of microchannel heat sink by adjusting channel width and height

✍ Scribed by Hong-Sen Kou; Ji-Jen Lee; Chih-Wei Chen

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
420 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0735-1933

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✦ Synopsis

A three-dimensional numerical model of the microchannel heat sink is presented to study the effects of heat transfer characteristics due to various channel heights and widths. Based on the theory of a fully developed flow, the pressure drop in the microchannel is derived under the requirement of the flow power for a single channel. The effects of two design variables representing the channel width and height on the thermal resistance are investigated. In addition, the constraint of the same flow cross section is carried out to find the optimum dimension. Finally, the minimum thermal resistance and optimal channel width with various flow powers and channel heights are obtained by using the simulated annealing method.

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