Abstract
Owing to enormously high surface area and high thermal conductivity, copper foam based heat sinks for electronic cooling are investigated in this paper. Copper foam1 with porosity 0.95 and pore density 15 pores per inch and copper foam2 with 0.97 porosity and pore density 35 pores per inch are used to investigate the performance of heat sinks filled with phase change material (PCM). Various configurations of heat sink with PCM volume fractions 0.0, 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8 are investigated under heat load of 8–24 W to figure out the optimum performance of the heat sink. Experimental results revealed that base temperature of the heat sink is reduced as the volume fraction of PCM is increased. Anyhow, discharging process is not affected significantly. Furthermore, copper foam1 (0.95 porosity) exhibited better heat transfer both in charging and discharging as compared to that of copper foam2 (0.97 porosity). Maximum temperature reduction of 9.81% was found for copper foam1/PCM at 8 W and PCM volume fraction of 0.8 when it is compared with copper foam2/PCM composite. For the same porosity, maximum reduction in base temperature was observed for 0.8 volume fraction of PCM at 16 W heat input. Finally, it is concluded that copper foam1/PCM composite impregnated with 0.8 volume fraction is an optimized configuration of heat sink.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
