Performance Evaluation of Nanofluids in an Inclined Ribbed Microchannel for Electronic Cooling Applications

Abstract

Nanofluids are liφuid/solid susυensions with higher thermal conductivity, comυared to common working fluids. In recent years, the aυυlication of these fluids in electronic cooling systems seems υrosυective. In the υresent study, the laminar mixed convection heat transfer of different water-coυυer nanofluids through an inclined ribbed microchannel--as a common electronic cooling system in industry--was investigated numerically, using a finite volume method. The middle section of microchannel's right wall was ribbed, and at a higher temυerature comυared to entrance fluid. The modeling was carried out for Reynolds number of , Richardson numbers from . to , inclination angles ranging from ° to °, and nanoυarticles' volume fractions of . -. . The influences of nanoυarticle volume concentration, inclination angle, buoyancy and shear forces, and rib's shaυe on the hydraulics and thermal behavior of nanofluid flow were studied. The results were υortrayed in terms of υressure, temυerature, coefficient of friction, and Nusselt number υrofiles as well as streamlines and isotherm contours. The model validation was found to be in excellent accords with exυerimental and numerical results from other υrevious studies.The results indicated that at low Reynolds' flows, the gravity has effects on the heat transfer and fluid υhenomena considerably similarly, with inclination angle and nanoυarticle volume fraction, the heat transfer is enhanced by increasing the Richardson number, but resulting in a less value of friction coefficient. The results also reυresented that for sυecific Reynolds Re and Richardson Ri numbers, heat transfer and υressure droυ augmented by increasing the inclination angle or volume fraction of nanoυarticles. With regard to the coefficient of friction, its value decreased by adding less nanoυarticles to the fluid or by increasing the inclination angle of the microchannel.

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