Title :
Analysis of microchannel heatsink performance using spherical nanofluids
Author :
Lajvardi, Maryamalsadat ; Sabbaghzadeh, Jamshid ; Ebrahimi, Sadollah ; Hadi, Iraj
Author_Institution :
Chem. group, Paya Partov Co., Tehran
Abstract :
In this paper we show effective thermal conductivity enhancement of spherical nanoparticles for use in fluid suspensions in microchannels with increase nanolayer thicknesses. For laminar flow, as effective thermal conductivity increases with increasment of nanolayer thickness, Nusselt number decreases. Also the effect of nanolayer thicknesses with increasment of nanoparticle volume fraction is considerable. We present the effect of nanolayer on microchannel thermal resistance for various pumping power.
Keywords :
laminar flow; microchannel flow; nanoparticles; suspensions; thermal conductivity; thermal resistance; Nusselt number; effective thermal conductivity; fluid suspensions; laminar flow; microchannel thermal resistance; microchannels; nanoparticle volume fraction; pumping power; spherical nanoparticles; Coolants; Heat pumps; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Microchannel; Nanoparticles; Performance analysis; Solid modeling; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance; microchannel; nanolayer; spherical nanoparticles; thermal resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2007. IEEE-NANO 2007. 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0607-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0608-1
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2007.4601249
