ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF CONJUGATED AIR JET IMPINGEMENT ON A FINNED HEAT SINK

Abstract

Air jet impingement is one of the effective cooling techniques employed in micro-electronic industry. To enhance the heat transfer performance, a cooling system with air jet impingement on a finned heat sink is evaluated via the computational fluid dynamics method. A two-dimensional confined slot air impinging on a finned flat plate is modeled. The numerical model is validated by comparison of the computed Nusselt number distribution on the impingement target with published experimental results. The flow characteristics and heat transfer performance of jet impingement on both of smooth and finned heat sinks are compared. It is observed that jet impingement over finned target plate improves the cooling performance significantly. A dimensionless heat transfer enhancement factor is introduced to quantify the effect of jet flow Reynolds number on the finned surface. The effect of rectangular fin dimensions on impingement heat transfer rate is discussed in order to optimize the cooling system. Also, the computed flow and thermal fields of the air impingement system are examined to explore the physical mechanisms for heat transfer enhancement.

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Dates

  • Submission Date1970-01-01
  • Revision Date2015-02-05
  • Acceptance Date2015-03-08
  • Online Date2015-03-08

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI141229030Q

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