Effects of slot-jet length on the cooling performance of hybrid microchannel/slot-jet module

Abstract

In this work, a three-dimensional numerical model based on the k–ω SST turbulent model is developed to investigate the single-phase cooling performance of hybrid microchannel/slot-jet module at a constant pumping power of 0.05W. Two different hybrid modules are analyzed, and the difference between them lies in whether there exist plate fins beneath the slot jet. The temperature uniformity of cooled object and global thermal resistance are evaluated for the two hybrid modules at various slot-jet lengths. The results show that local Nusselt number distribution exhibits a bell shape for the hybrid module with plate fin, while it has a double-peak shape for the hybrid module without plate fin. When with plate fin, a larger slot-jet length of 7800μm yields the best cooling performance. Oppositely, when without plate fin, a smaller length of 606μm is beneficial to achieve the better cooling performance. The optimal hybrid module with plate fin has the thermal resistance of 0.105KW−1 and the bottom wall temperature gradient of 0.27°C, which are lower than those of the hybrid module without plate fin. Furthermore, the cooling performance of hybrid module can be further improved by optimization of geometric parameters of the heat sink. When the optimal channel number, channel aspect ratio, and width ratio of channel-to-pitch are adopted respectively, the thermal resistance of the hybrid module with plate fin can be reduced by 26.38% to 27.78% as compared with the worst geometry, while the bottom wall temperature gradient can be reduced by 86.79% to 87.46%.