NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCES OF A NOVEL HEAT SINK WITH SLOTTED SOLID /ALUMINUM FOAM COMPOUND CYLINDRICAL FINS


Solmaz İ., Toprak B. İ.

International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT) and Editorial Board of Applied Thermal Engineering (ATE), Amsterdam, Hollanda, 25 - 27 Temmuz 2021, ss.1569-1574, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Amsterdam
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Hollanda
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1569-1574
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study numerically investigated the thermal and hydraulic performances of the air-cooled heat sink with slotted solid/aluminum foam compound cylindrical (SS/AFCC) fins in the staggered arrangement for various slot heights, thicknesses, and pore densities of the aluminum foam insert in the range of 150≤Re≤600. A steady-state 3D simulation of the proposed heat sink was developed in the COMSOL Multiphysics to conduct the above parametric investigation. The obtained results indicated that the SS/AFCC finned heat sink achieves a significant enhancement in heat transfer with affordable pressure drop compared with the heat sink with slotted solid cylindrical (SSC) fins. While an increase in the slot height and thickness caused a positive impact on the Nusselt number and pressure drop, the same effect was not observed when the pore density of the aluminum foam insert was increased.