Numerical investigation on fluid flow and convective heat transfer in a microchannel heat sink with fan-shaped cavities and ribs

Abstract

In the present study, a detailed numerical simulations of liquid flow in microchannel heat sink with four different geometry of ribs: rectangular (RR), backward triangular (BTR), forward triangular (FTR) and diamond (DR) arranged symmetrically inside reentrant fan shaped cavities (FC) on side walls has been conducted and compared with smooth channel (SC) to acquire fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics between Reynolds numbers of 136−588. The local pressure, temperature and heat transfer coefficients were determined to understand the convective heat transfer regimes and to analyze local flow behavior. The three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer model, investigation is done extensively to identify the influence of geometrical parameters towards augmenting thermal performance with parametric optimization. Evolved governing equations are solved by using SIMPLEC algorithm. Attempt has been made to improve heat extraction ability with reasonable pressure drop by replacing the existing simple design of microsink. It is observed that Nusselt number and friction factor are in good agreement with previous experimental data. Based on detailed parametric study, it was found that FC-RR is good in achieving maximum Nusselt number, but due to higher pressure drop penalty giving lower performance. Out of four proposed, FC-DR is conferring upstanding balance between heat transfer, pressure drop and giving the best thermal performance of 1.97 at Re = 391.47.

Keywords

Microchannel heat sink ribs protrusion cavities thermal performance heat transfer enhancement

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