Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink

The main purpose of current study is to reduce the temperature gradient and pressure drop in the heat sinks by using a new double-layer mini/micro-channel stacked heat sink. In this numerical study, the conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emul...

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Main Authors: C.J. Ho, Jr-Wei Liao, Bo-Lin Chen, Saman Rashidi, Wei-Mon Yan
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
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author C.J. Ho
Jr-Wei Liao
Bo-Lin Chen
Saman Rashidi
Wei-Mon Yan
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Saman Rashidi
Wei-Mon Yan
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description The main purpose of current study is to reduce the temperature gradient and pressure drop in the heat sinks by using a new double-layer mini/micro-channel stacked heat sink. In this numerical study, the conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink is investigated. The potentials of pure water/phase change nanoemulsion in a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink for heat dissipation are compared with those for pure water in the single-layer microchannel heat sink. The effects of different parameters, such as flow rate ratio, total flow rate, heat flux, and concentration of the phase change nanoemulsion on the heating surface temperature suppression, pressure drop ratio, thermal resistance ratio, heating surface temperature uniformity index ratio, total heat transfer coefficient gain, and performance indexes are investigated. The three-dimensional velocity field in the channel is calculated by the pseudo-vorticity-velocity method, and the finite volume method is used to discrete the mathematical formulas. The numerical results showed that when the ratio of flow rate is 0.5, the total flow rate is 25.48 cm3/min, and the heat flux is 25 W/ cm2, the overall heat transfer coefficient of the mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink with pure water/10 % mass fraction of phase change nanoemulsion as the coolants increases by 36.14 % compared with single-layer heat sink with pure water as the coolant. In addition, when the flow rate ratio is high and the total flow rate is low, the values of average and maximum thermal resistance ratios are greater than 1.
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spelling doaj-art-4bd4888f8868438f80e4dae900b783b02025-02-02T05:27:29ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2025-02-0166105799Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sinkC.J. Ho0Jr-Wei Liao1Bo-Lin Chen2Saman Rashidi3Wei-Mon Yan4Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan; Corresponding author.Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, 70101, TaiwanDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608, Taiwan; Research Center of Energy Conservation for New Generation of Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Sectors, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608, TaiwanDepartment of Energy, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, Semnan University, Semnan, IranDepartment of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608, Taiwan; Research Center of Energy Conservation for New Generation of Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Sectors, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 10608, Taiwan.The main purpose of current study is to reduce the temperature gradient and pressure drop in the heat sinks by using a new double-layer mini/micro-channel stacked heat sink. In this numerical study, the conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink is investigated. The potentials of pure water/phase change nanoemulsion in a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink for heat dissipation are compared with those for pure water in the single-layer microchannel heat sink. The effects of different parameters, such as flow rate ratio, total flow rate, heat flux, and concentration of the phase change nanoemulsion on the heating surface temperature suppression, pressure drop ratio, thermal resistance ratio, heating surface temperature uniformity index ratio, total heat transfer coefficient gain, and performance indexes are investigated. The three-dimensional velocity field in the channel is calculated by the pseudo-vorticity-velocity method, and the finite volume method is used to discrete the mathematical formulas. The numerical results showed that when the ratio of flow rate is 0.5, the total flow rate is 25.48 cm3/min, and the heat flux is 25 W/ cm2, the overall heat transfer coefficient of the mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink with pure water/10 % mass fraction of phase change nanoemulsion as the coolants increases by 36.14 % compared with single-layer heat sink with pure water as the coolant. In addition, when the flow rate ratio is high and the total flow rate is low, the values of average and maximum thermal resistance ratios are greater than 1.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25000590Mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sinkPhase change nanoemulsionConjugate heat dissipationNumerical studyEnergy efficiency
spellingShingle C.J. Ho
Jr-Wei Liao
Bo-Lin Chen
Saman Rashidi
Wei-Mon Yan
Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
Phase change nanoemulsion
Conjugate heat dissipation
Numerical study
Energy efficiency
title Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
title_full Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
title_fullStr Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
title_full_unstemmed Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
title_short Conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water/water-based nano-emulsion through a mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
title_sort conjugate heat dissipation characteristics of concurrent flow of pure water water based nano emulsion through a mini and micro channel stacked double layer heat sink
topic Mini- and micro-channel stacked double-layer heat sink
Phase change nanoemulsion
Conjugate heat dissipation
Numerical study
Energy efficiency
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25000590
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