This study provides a comprehensive methodology for optimizing the design of a two-phase micro-channel heat sink. The heat sink parameters are grouped into geometrical parameters, operating parameters, and thermal/fluid parameters. The objective of the proposed methodology is to optimize micro-channel dimensions in pursuit of acceptable values for the thermal/fluid parameters corresponding to a given heat flux, coolant, and overall dimensions of the heat generating device to which the heat sink is attached. The proposed optimization methodology yields an acceptable design region encompassing all possible micro-channel dimensions corresponding to a prescribed coolant flow rate or pressure drop. The designer is left with the decision to select optimum channel dimensions that yield acceptable values of important thermal/fluid parameters that are easily predicted by the optimization procedure.
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A Systematic Methodology for Optimal Design of Two-Phase Micro-Channel Heat Sinks
Weilin Qu,
Weilin Qu
Graduate Research Assistant
Student Member ASME
Purdue University International Electronic Cooling Alliance (PUIECA), Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: quw@purdue.edu
Purdue University
, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Issam Mudawar
Issam Mudawar
Professor and Director
Fellow ASME
Purdue University International Electronic Cooling Alliance (PUIECA), Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: mudawar@ecn.purdue.edu
Purdue University
, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Weilin Qu
Graduate Research Assistant
Student Member ASME
Purdue University International Electronic Cooling Alliance (PUIECA), Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University
, West Lafayette, IN 47907e-mail: quw@purdue.edu
Issam Mudawar
Professor and Director
Fellow ASME
Purdue University International Electronic Cooling Alliance (PUIECA), Boiling and Two-Phase Flow Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University
, West Lafayette, IN 47907e-mail: mudawar@ecn.purdue.edu
J. Electron. Packag. Dec 2005, 127(4): 381-390 (10 pages)
Published Online: December 17, 2004
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Received:
February 25, 2004
Revised:
December 17, 2004
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Qu, W., and Mudawar, I. (December 17, 2004). "A Systematic Methodology for Optimal Design of Two-Phase Micro-Channel Heat Sinks." ASME. J. Electron. Packag. December 2005; 127(4): 381–390. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2056571
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