Numerical investigations of using carbon foam/PCM/Nano carbon tubes composites in thermal management of electronic equipment

Comprehensive parametric study of using carbon foam structures saturated with PCMs in thermal management of electronic systems

“…Recently, Raam Dheep and Sreekumar [37] carried out a review to investigate influence of nanomaterials on properties of latent heat solar thermal energy storage materials. More recently Alshaer et al [38,39] presented experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of insertion of Paraffin Wax RT65 as phase change material and Multi Wall Carbon Nano Tubes (MWCNTs) as thermal conductivity enhancer in carbon foam (CF-20) micro structure modules on the thermal management of electronic devices. Studies were conducted for fixed values of carbon foam porosity, thermal conductivity and PCM thermo physical properties.…”

Preparation and thermal conductivity enhancement of composite phase change materials for electronic thermal management

“…Worse still, the low thermal conductivity of many prospective PCMs, especially the organic ones, become one of the most important bottlenecks that limit its applications in thermal management. To address these problems, metal fins/foams, ceramics and nanocarbon materials have been introduced to improve the structural strength and thermal conductivity of PCMs [18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

Preparation and thermal properties characterization of carbonate salt/carbon nanomaterial composite phase change material

“…A model compatible with solar assisted cylindrical energy storage tank and variation of stored energy with time for different phase-change materials was developed [2] and then the solaraided cylindrical phase change storage tank was used for space heating [3]. An electronic equipment using carbon foam matrix saturated with phase change material and carbon nanotubes as thermal management modules was designed and the thermal characteristics were numerically investigated [4]. An indirect solar dryer using phase change material as energy storage medium was designed and experimentally investigated [5].…”