Numerical study is carried out on natural convection heat transfer from three radial heat sinks subject to the influence of orientation. A finite volume method (FVM) numerical model was used to analyze the thermal performance of the radial heat sinks under upward, sideward and downward orientations. The effects of orientation with respect to gravity, fin number (15–30), the thickness of concentric ring (0.15–0.60) and Elenbaas number (15–55) on Nusselt number are investigated. Numerical results indicate that radiation is non-negligible in this study due to its high influence on thermal performance. The Nusselt number is relatively insensitive to the smaller ring thickness. The sideward facing orientation yields the worst thermal performance despite fin number changing. It is found that the thermal performance of heat sinks in upward and downward orientations depend on the number of fins significantly.
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ASME 2015 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems collocated with the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
July 6–9, 2015
San Francisco, California, USA
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- Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division
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Orientation Effects on Thermal Performance of Radial Heat Sinks Subject to Natural Convection
Bin Li
Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea
Chan Byon
Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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IPACK2015-48191, V001T09A003; 5 pages
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November 19, 2015
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Li, B, & Byon, C. "Orientation Effects on Thermal Performance of Radial Heat Sinks Subject to Natural Convection." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems collocated with the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. Volume 1: Thermal Management. San Francisco, California, USA. July 6–9, 2015. V001T09A003. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IPACK2015-48191
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