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Nanofluid, the fluid suspensions of a metallic nanoparticle, became coolant that is used when promising enhancement in heat transfer required. In current study, characteristics flow and are numerically investigated using different nanofluids (Al2O3–H2O, TiO2–H2O, SiO2–H2O) micro-channel sink (MCHS) configurations (rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal, circular). this numerical investigation, ef...

Experiments were conducted to determine the influence of local vapor quality on local heat transfer coefficient in flow boiling in an array of microchannels. Additionally, the variation of local heat transfer coefficient along the length and width of the microchannel heat sink for given operating conditions was investigated over a range of flow parameters. Each test piece includes a silicon par...

The present work shows a study developed of the thermal and hydrodynamic behaviors present in microchannel heat sinks formed by non-conventional arrangements. These arrangements are based on patterns that nature presents. There are two postulates that model natural forms in a mathematical way: the Allometric Law and the Biomimetic Tendency. Both theories have been applied in the last few years ...

In this study, a wavy microchannel heat sink with grooves using water as the working fluid is proposed for application to cooling microprocessors. The geometry of was optimized improve transfer and pressure loss simultaneously. To achieve optimization goals, average friction factor thermal resistance were used objective functions. Three dimensionless parameters selected design variables: distan...

In the present work, three-dimensional numerical simulations of laminar forced convection flow water in unique compound microchannel heat sinks (MCHSs) were investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling. The newly proposed MCHS is made up circular microchannels slotted from top within a trapezoidal shape, and its cooling effectiveness was compared to that traditional rectangula...

The onset of nucleate boiling in the flow of water through a microchannel heat sink was investigated. The microchannels considered were 275 lm wide by 636 lm deep. Onset of nucleate boiling was identified with a high-speed imaging system and the heat flux at incipience was measured under various flow conditions. An analytical model was developed to predict the incipient heat flux as well as the...

In this study, the three-dimensional fluid flow and heat transfer in a rectangular micro-channel heat sink are analyzed numerically using water as the cooling fluid. The heat sink consists of a 1-cm silicon wafer. The micro-channels have a width of 57 lm and a depth of 180 lm, and are separated by a 43 lm wall. A numerical code based on the finite difference method and the SIMPLE algorithm is d...