DocumentCode
1959829
Title
Nanolayer effects in cooling performance of a microchannel heat sink with nanofluids containing CNTs
Author
Ebrahimi, Sadollah ; Sabbaghzadeh, Jamshid ; Lajvard, Maryamalsadat ; Hadi, Iraj
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Islamic Azad Univ. of Mahabad, Mahabad
fYear
2009
fDate
5-8 Jan. 2009
Firstpage
864
Lastpage
867
Abstract
We present the numerical method for explaining cooling enhancement in a microchannel heat sink which utilizes carbon nanotubes-in-fluid suspensions as coolant. We also show that by increasing CNT nanolayer thickness, the microchannel heat sink temperature gradient is decreased. The temperature contours of the microchannel heat sink with CNTs (with ~25 nm diameter) dispersed in water is investigated and the results are shown here.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; cooling; heat sinks; microchannel flow; nanofluidics; suspensions; CNT nanolayer; carbon nanotubes; cooling enhancement; cooling performance; fluid suspensions; microchannel heat sink; nanofluids; nanolayer effects; temperature contours; temperature gradient; Cooling; Heat sinks; Microchannel; CNTs; Cooling; Microchannel; Nanofluid; Nanolayer;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2009. NEMS 2009. 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4629-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4630-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEMS.2009.5068711
Filename
5068711
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