The heat generation of electronic devices is increasing dramatically,which causes a serious bottleneck in the thermal management of electronics,and overheating will result in performance deterioration and even device ...The heat generation of electronic devices is increasing dramatically,which causes a serious bottleneck in the thermal management of electronics,and overheating will result in performance deterioration and even device damage.With the development of micro-machining technologies,the microchannel heat sink(MCHS)has become one of the best ways to remove the considerable amount of heat generated by high-power electronics.It has the advantages of large specific surface area,small size,coolant saving and high heat transfer coefficient.This paper comprehensively takes an overview of the research progress in MCHSs and generalizes the hotspots and bottlenecks of this area.The heat transfer mechanisms and performances of different channel structures,coolants,channel materials and some other influencing factors are reviewed.Additionally,this paper classifies the heat transfer enhancement technology and reviews the related studies on both the single-phase and phase-change flow and heat transfer.The comprehensive review is expected to provide a theoretical reference and technical guidance for further research and application of MCHSs in the future.展开更多
Microchannel heat sinks(MCHSs)are promising thermal solutions in miniaturized or compact devices.Lightweight aspect has been given huge emphasis in recent years.Metal-based materials are commonly used to fabricate MCH...Microchannel heat sinks(MCHSs)are promising thermal solutions in miniaturized or compact devices.Lightweight aspect has been given huge emphasis in recent years.Metal-based materials are commonly used to fabricate MCHSs due to their high thermal conductivity.Consequently,MCHSs are heavy due to the high density of these materials albeit the small footprint of MCHSs.Polymer-based materials are interesting alternatives.Despite their poor thermal conductivity,lightweight feature attracts the interest of researchers.Heat transfer is a conjugate process of heat conduction and heat convection.Poor heat conductions aspect may be compensated through enhancement of heat convection aspects.Although polymer-based materials have been used in microscale heat transfer studies,their focus was not on their feasibility.The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility of polymer-based MCHSs as thermal solutions.The effect of thermal conductivity of fabrication materials,including polymer-based PDMS,PTFE,PDMS/MWCNT,and metal-based aluminum,on the thermal performance of MCHSs was investigated and compared at various inlet flow rate,fluid thermal conductivity,and microchannel ratio at different constant heat fluxes using three-dimensional CFD approach.Results showed that the thermal performance of MCHSs was greatly affected by the heat conduction aspect in which poor heat conduction limited the thermal performance improvement due to enhanced heat convection aspects.This suggests polymer-based materials have the potential for heat transfer applications through thermal conductivity enhancement.This was confirmed in the further analysis using a recently proposed high thermal conductivity polymer-based graphite/epoxy MCHS and a hybrid-based PDMS/aluminum MCHS.展开更多
In this article,the thermal–hydraulic efficacy of a boehmite nanofluid with various particle shapes is evaluated inside a microchannel heat sink.The study is done for particle shapes of platelet,cylinder,blade,brick,...In this article,the thermal–hydraulic efficacy of a boehmite nanofluid with various particle shapes is evaluated inside a microchannel heat sink.The study is done for particle shapes of platelet,cylinder,blade,brick,and oblate spheroid at Reynolds numbers(Re)of 300,800,1300,and 1800.The particle volume fraction is assumed invariant for all of the nanoparticle shapes.The heat transfer coefficient(h),flow irregularities,pressure loss,and pumping power heighten by the elevation of the Re for all of the nanoparticle shapes.Also,the nanofluid having the platelet-shaped nanoparticles leads to the greatest h,and the nanofluid having the oblate spheroid particles has the lowest h and smallest pressure loss.In contrast,the nanofluid having the platelet-shaped nanoparticles leads to the highest pressure loss.The mean temperature of the bottom surface,thermal resistance,and temperature distribution uniformity decrease by the rise in the Reynolds number for all of the particle shapes.Also,the best distribution of the temperature and the lowest thermal resistance are observed for the suspension containing the platelet particles.Thereby,the thermal resistance of the nanofluid with the platelet particles shows a 9.5%decrement compared to that with the oblate spheroid particles at Re=300.For all the nanoparticle shapes,the figure of merit(FoM)uplifts by elevating the Re,while the nanofluids containing the brickand oblate spheroid-shaped nanoparticles demonstrate the highest FoM values.展开更多
Rectangular microchannel heat sinks(MCHS)are widely used to cool high-heat-flux electronic devices.However,previous studies focused mainly on MCHS with uniform channels(UCs).This study considers a microchannel heat si...Rectangular microchannel heat sinks(MCHS)are widely used to cool high-heat-flux electronic devices.However,previous studies focused mainly on MCHS with uniform channels(UCs).This study considers a microchannel heat sink with non-uniform channels(NUCs).A mathematical model is developed based on energy equations and the Darcy flow principle.Explicit expressions for total thermal resistance and coolant pressure drop are derived using the thermoelectric analogy.Experiments and numerical simulations are performed to verify the mathematical model.As non-uniformity increases,total coolant pressure drop decreases but at the cost of higher thermal resistance.The overall performance of NUCs is better than that of UCs because of their lower ratio of pumping power to cooling power.Heat transfer performance of NUCs changes little for more than 120 channels and depends mainly on channel arrangement.A multi-objective optimization is conducted to minimize the thermal resistance and pumping power of an NUC.An optimal NUC saves 64%pumping power compared with a conventional UC for the total thermal resistance of 0.1℃/W,indicating that the use of non-uniform channels could be very helpful to reduce the flow resistance of MCHS.展开更多
In this paper,the multi-objective optimization of wavy microchannel heat sinks is performed by combining numerical calculation,prediction algorithm and genetic algorithm.In numerical calculation,the fluid-solid conjug...In this paper,the multi-objective optimization of wavy microchannel heat sinks is performed by combining numerical calculation,prediction algorithm and genetic algorithm.In numerical calculation,the fluid-solid conjugate heat transfer of heat sinks with different parameters are simulated in Fluent.On this basis,the vari-able parameters and objective parameters are used to complete the training of neural network model,which aims to achieve accurate prediction of objective parameters.Finally,the multi-objective genetic algorithm is applied to find the Pareto front according to different requirements on the foundation of the prediction model.Results show that the coefficient of determination of the neural network models are all greater than 0.85,which proves that the prediction model has a high accuracy.The Pareto fronts are obtained by non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm(NSGA-II)with different objective parameters and they reveal that the channel with the optimal performance corresponds to a larger channel width or Reynolds number.In addition,it is also found the dimensionless temperature difference is correlated with Nusselt number.展开更多
The conventional straight microchannel heat sinks have been reported to inadequately remove the increasing power density of electronics.In recent years,an effective heat transfer enhancement method,flow disruptions ha...The conventional straight microchannel heat sinks have been reported to inadequately remove the increasing power density of electronics.In recent years,an effective heat transfer enhancement method,flow disruptions have attracted the attention of researchers,where interrupted structures are arranged in the microchannel to enhance flow mixing and heat transfer.However,previous numerical studies of interrupted microchannel heat sinks(I MCHS)mainly focus on single-phase flow condition,and the characteristics of the boiling heat transfer of I MCHS in two-phase flow condition have been rarely explored.Thus,the flow and heat transfer characteristics of two I MCHS based on rectangular microchannel heat sink(R MCHS)are investigated by modeling both single-phase and two-phase flow conditions.These two interrupts consist of a combination of cavities and ribs,namely elliptical cavities and elliptical side ribs(EC-ESR),and elliptical cavities and elliptical central ribs(EC-ECR).The results show that for single-phase flow condition,the maximum Nusselt number is increased by 187%in the EC-ESR design and150%in the EC-ECR design compared with the R MCHS.For subcooled boiling(i.e.,two-phase flow)condition,the EC-ECR design is a promising structure to enhance boiling heat transfer with 6.7 K reduction of average wall temperature and 29%increment of local heat transfer coefficient when compared with those of R MCHS.However,the local heat transfer coefficient in the EC-ESR design is decreased by 22%compared with the R MCHS due to the formation of a rare flow pattern(i.e.,inverted annular flow with vapor film separation)in the microchannel.This flow pattern can induce departure from nucleate boiling(DNB),thereby deteriorating the heat transfer on the channel walls.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U20A20301,51825601)。
文摘The heat generation of electronic devices is increasing dramatically,which causes a serious bottleneck in the thermal management of electronics,and overheating will result in performance deterioration and even device damage.With the development of micro-machining technologies,the microchannel heat sink(MCHS)has become one of the best ways to remove the considerable amount of heat generated by high-power electronics.It has the advantages of large specific surface area,small size,coolant saving and high heat transfer coefficient.This paper comprehensively takes an overview of the research progress in MCHSs and generalizes the hotspots and bottlenecks of this area.The heat transfer mechanisms and performances of different channel structures,coolants,channel materials and some other influencing factors are reviewed.Additionally,this paper classifies the heat transfer enhancement technology and reviews the related studies on both the single-phase and phase-change flow and heat transfer.The comprehensive review is expected to provide a theoretical reference and technical guidance for further research and application of MCHSs in the future.
基金supported by The Murata Science Foundation[grant numbers 015ME0-031]。
文摘Microchannel heat sinks(MCHSs)are promising thermal solutions in miniaturized or compact devices.Lightweight aspect has been given huge emphasis in recent years.Metal-based materials are commonly used to fabricate MCHSs due to their high thermal conductivity.Consequently,MCHSs are heavy due to the high density of these materials albeit the small footprint of MCHSs.Polymer-based materials are interesting alternatives.Despite their poor thermal conductivity,lightweight feature attracts the interest of researchers.Heat transfer is a conjugate process of heat conduction and heat convection.Poor heat conductions aspect may be compensated through enhancement of heat convection aspects.Although polymer-based materials have been used in microscale heat transfer studies,their focus was not on their feasibility.The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility of polymer-based MCHSs as thermal solutions.The effect of thermal conductivity of fabrication materials,including polymer-based PDMS,PTFE,PDMS/MWCNT,and metal-based aluminum,on the thermal performance of MCHSs was investigated and compared at various inlet flow rate,fluid thermal conductivity,and microchannel ratio at different constant heat fluxes using three-dimensional CFD approach.Results showed that the thermal performance of MCHSs was greatly affected by the heat conduction aspect in which poor heat conduction limited the thermal performance improvement due to enhanced heat convection aspects.This suggests polymer-based materials have the potential for heat transfer applications through thermal conductivity enhancement.This was confirmed in the further analysis using a recently proposed high thermal conductivity polymer-based graphite/epoxy MCHS and a hybrid-based PDMS/aluminum MCHS.
文摘In this article,the thermal–hydraulic efficacy of a boehmite nanofluid with various particle shapes is evaluated inside a microchannel heat sink.The study is done for particle shapes of platelet,cylinder,blade,brick,and oblate spheroid at Reynolds numbers(Re)of 300,800,1300,and 1800.The particle volume fraction is assumed invariant for all of the nanoparticle shapes.The heat transfer coefficient(h),flow irregularities,pressure loss,and pumping power heighten by the elevation of the Re for all of the nanoparticle shapes.Also,the nanofluid having the platelet-shaped nanoparticles leads to the greatest h,and the nanofluid having the oblate spheroid particles has the lowest h and smallest pressure loss.In contrast,the nanofluid having the platelet-shaped nanoparticles leads to the highest pressure loss.The mean temperature of the bottom surface,thermal resistance,and temperature distribution uniformity decrease by the rise in the Reynolds number for all of the particle shapes.Also,the best distribution of the temperature and the lowest thermal resistance are observed for the suspension containing the platelet particles.Thereby,the thermal resistance of the nanofluid with the platelet particles shows a 9.5%decrement compared to that with the oblate spheroid particles at Re=300.For all the nanoparticle shapes,the figure of merit(FoM)uplifts by elevating the Re,while the nanofluids containing the brickand oblate spheroid-shaped nanoparticles demonstrate the highest FoM values.
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2021QE033)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021M702013)the Taishan Scholar Project(Grand No.tsqn202103142)。
文摘Rectangular microchannel heat sinks(MCHS)are widely used to cool high-heat-flux electronic devices.However,previous studies focused mainly on MCHS with uniform channels(UCs).This study considers a microchannel heat sink with non-uniform channels(NUCs).A mathematical model is developed based on energy equations and the Darcy flow principle.Explicit expressions for total thermal resistance and coolant pressure drop are derived using the thermoelectric analogy.Experiments and numerical simulations are performed to verify the mathematical model.As non-uniformity increases,total coolant pressure drop decreases but at the cost of higher thermal resistance.The overall performance of NUCs is better than that of UCs because of their lower ratio of pumping power to cooling power.Heat transfer performance of NUCs changes little for more than 120 channels and depends mainly on channel arrangement.A multi-objective optimization is conducted to minimize the thermal resistance and pumping power of an NUC.An optimal NUC saves 64%pumping power compared with a conventional UC for the total thermal resistance of 0.1℃/W,indicating that the use of non-uniform channels could be very helpful to reduce the flow resistance of MCHS.
文摘In this paper,the multi-objective optimization of wavy microchannel heat sinks is performed by combining numerical calculation,prediction algorithm and genetic algorithm.In numerical calculation,the fluid-solid conjugate heat transfer of heat sinks with different parameters are simulated in Fluent.On this basis,the vari-able parameters and objective parameters are used to complete the training of neural network model,which aims to achieve accurate prediction of objective parameters.Finally,the multi-objective genetic algorithm is applied to find the Pareto front according to different requirements on the foundation of the prediction model.Results show that the coefficient of determination of the neural network models are all greater than 0.85,which proves that the prediction model has a high accuracy.The Pareto fronts are obtained by non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm(NSGA-II)with different objective parameters and they reveal that the channel with the optimal performance corresponds to a larger channel width or Reynolds number.In addition,it is also found the dimensionless temperature difference is correlated with Nusselt number.
基金supported by the National MCF Energy R&D Program(Grant No.2018YFE0312300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51706100)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20180477)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.30918011205)。
文摘The conventional straight microchannel heat sinks have been reported to inadequately remove the increasing power density of electronics.In recent years,an effective heat transfer enhancement method,flow disruptions have attracted the attention of researchers,where interrupted structures are arranged in the microchannel to enhance flow mixing and heat transfer.However,previous numerical studies of interrupted microchannel heat sinks(I MCHS)mainly focus on single-phase flow condition,and the characteristics of the boiling heat transfer of I MCHS in two-phase flow condition have been rarely explored.Thus,the flow and heat transfer characteristics of two I MCHS based on rectangular microchannel heat sink(R MCHS)are investigated by modeling both single-phase and two-phase flow conditions.These two interrupts consist of a combination of cavities and ribs,namely elliptical cavities and elliptical side ribs(EC-ESR),and elliptical cavities and elliptical central ribs(EC-ECR).The results show that for single-phase flow condition,the maximum Nusselt number is increased by 187%in the EC-ESR design and150%in the EC-ECR design compared with the R MCHS.For subcooled boiling(i.e.,two-phase flow)condition,the EC-ECR design is a promising structure to enhance boiling heat transfer with 6.7 K reduction of average wall temperature and 29%increment of local heat transfer coefficient when compared with those of R MCHS.However,the local heat transfer coefficient in the EC-ESR design is decreased by 22%compared with the R MCHS due to the formation of a rare flow pattern(i.e.,inverted annular flow with vapor film separation)in the microchannel.This flow pattern can induce departure from nucleate boiling(DNB),thereby deteriorating the heat transfer on the channel walls.
