Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Minichannel Heat Sinks with Supercritical Working Fluids
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2023
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The rapid advancement of high performance tiny electronic devices has been sparked by the growing
dependence of modern human life on digitization and artificial intelligence. To ensure dependable
performance during the full designated operating regime as well as a satisfactory life term, designers
now face the additional problem of thermal management due to the sharp increase in the power density
requirements for such equipment. Heat generation is an irreversible process, and it must be removed for
components to function continuously. Since the temperature rise in the circuits is the primary cause of
component failures, the thermal energy generated during operation needs to be effectively reduced for
the components to operate continuously. As a result, a significant amount of study has been focused on
the evaluation of alternative working fluids as well as the creation and augmentation of effective cooling
strategies over the past ten years. The high area-to-volume ratio of a miniaturised or mini-channel heat
sink (MCHS) and the favourable thermophysical properties of the medium have been identified as two
factors that make this option particularly enticing.
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Supervisor: Basu, Dipankar Narayan