INVESTIGATIONS ON HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF POROUS TYPE COPPER HEAT SINK WITH BIFURCATIONS

Abstract

The lotus type porous copper heat sink has a higher heat transfer capacity as compared to micro channel heat sink for same size. Many studies on this heat sink show that its heat transfer capacity can be further improved by improving design of heat sink. This study investigates the heat transfer and flow characteristics of porous heat sink with different designs of internal bifurcations under both laminar & turbulent flow and studies the effect of such bifurcations on heat transfer of heat sink. The results of heat sink with bifurcations are compared with that of heat sink without bifurcations which show that for case of both laminar & turbulent flow, the heat sink with bifurcation showed better thermal performance as compared to heat sink without bifurcations.

Keywords

• Porous Type Copper Heat Sink
• Laminar Flow
• Turbulent Flow
• Bifurcations
• Characteristic Curves

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